North Carolina Children's Health Selects Apex for Campus Location

The groundbreaking is anticipated to happen in 2027.

By HFT Staff


North Carolina Children’s Health (NC Children’s) has chosen a location in Apex for its campus, which will include the only freestanding, independent children’s hospital in the Carolinas. NC Children’s, a partnership between UNC Health and Duke Health, will be built on approximately 230 acres of land. 

When complete, NC Children’s will bring approximately 8,000 jobs to Apex and Wake County, a 500-bed children’s hospital, a children’s outpatient care center, 103 children and adolescent behavioral health beds, and a research and education enterprise backed by the UNC and Duke schools of medicine. 

The 230-acre NC Children’s campus will be seamlessly integrated into Veridea, a 1,000+ acre mixed-use community created by RXR featuring 8,000 new homes, 3.5 million square feet of retail and dining, 12 million square feet of office and research space and a new Wake Tech Community College campus. 

In addition to announcing Apex and Wake County as its new home, the NC Children’s team today is issuing a request for qualifications (RFQ) to design and construction contractors as the next step on our journey to creating North Carolina’s only health system just for kids. 

Following the announcement, over the next several months, the NC Children’s team will be focused on site planning, with groundbreaking anticipated in 2027 and construction expected to take approximately six years. 



July 15, 2025


Topic Area: Construction


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