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July 24, 2025
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🏗️ Spec Building Study Highlights Economic Growth Opportunity

  • Albemarle city officials recently reviewed a new Spec Building Feasibility Study aimed at improving the city’s competitiveness in industrial recruitment.
  • Lindsey Almond, Albemarle’s Economic Development Director, says the study supports the city’s strategic vision: “The study represents the next logical step in advancing that vision by evaluating how we can increase our competitiveness and better respond to industrial recruitment opportunities.”
  • The study was provided at no cost through the city’s partnership with ElectriCities, which offers support for public power communities like Albemarle.
  • Crystal Morphis of Creative EDC presented the study’s findings Monday night and emphasized the importance of available industrial space: “Around 80% of companies either directly say they want a building or prefer a building. If you don’t have quality industrial buildings available, then you do miss out on a lot of opportunities.”
  • Albemarle reportedly missed 67 recruitment opportunities in 2024 alone due to a lack of available industrial buildings.
  • The study recommends a 100,000-square-foot spec building at the Albemarle Business Center that could be expanded to 200,000 square feet.
  • Estimated project costs:
    • $1.8 million for grading and site preparation
    • $2.5 million including contingencies
    • $6 million for constructing the shell building
    “That brings the total cost to about $8.5 million—a figure described as average to slightly above average for this region,” Morphis noted.
  • Wilson, NC, was cited as a successful model for revolving spec building programs, landing multiple companies per structure.
  • No action was taken by City Council at this meeting, but the findings will help inform future decisions.

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