Town Center Plan Market Inputs
Town Center Plan Market Inputs
Wingate, NC
Randall Gross completed work on a town center plan for Wingate, North Carolina as part of a planning team led by GHD, Inc. Wingate is the home of Wingate University, which is the primary employer in the community. There is no town center in Wingate at present, with the commercial portion of the town sprawled along a US highway. The plan centered on approaches for integrating the university campus into a more formal town center and creating a more attractive “front door” for the university and the town. Mr. Gross determined the retail market potentials and specific commercial uses as well as office and housing opportunities for a town center. He also recommended concepts for marketing, financing, and redevelopment that were integrated into the plan.