Innovative Development at Piedmont Triad Research Park - Melaver

masterplan_overview_district_map The Piedmont Triad Research Park (PTRP) is a 240 acre research campus east of downtown Winston-Salem, NC. The PTRP is is an innovative mix of business, research, education, residences, retail and recreation being developed by owner Wake Forest University Health Sciences using the LEED rating system.

"Sustainable-development practices are consistent with the mission and values of our tenant population," said PTRP president Doug Edgeton. "Our effort to be better stewards of the environment and create a sustainable place further reinforces PTRP as a place where innovation lives."

According to an article in the Winston-Salem Journal, about 859 people work at the research park, which has 39 tenants. Among the companies are 31 that are not affiliated with Wake Forest University Health Sciences. There are eight Wake Forest programs at the park, including the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine.

According to the PTRP website, the decision to integrate sustainable development concepts into the Master Planning follows a benchmarking study of other research parks and large-scale developments under the direction of Dan Fogel, an Associate Dean at Wake Forest University Babcock Graduate School of Management, and by Workplace Strategies Inc., a local facility planning and design firm. The benchmarking study demonstrated the opportunity for PTRP to incorporate green design and construction practices.

Edgeton said that the LEED certification "dovetails" into requirements for a 60-acre, mixed-use project being pursued by PTRP officials and Baltimore-based developer Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse . This portion of the park will transform 1.1 million square feet of R.J. Reynolds Historic Tobacco Warehouses into a sustainable, urban live-work-play community with Wake Forest University Health Services as the primary driver.

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