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Businesses, research, residential living come together as Wake Forest Innovation Quarter continues to grow

As Wake Forest Innovation Quarter continues to take shape as a hub of activity where people work, live, learn and play, its officials are exploring this urban-based innovation district’s next phase of development.

“The fact that there’s stuff under construction all the time makes it a little more complicated, but we’re working through that and that will end; although, happily, construction keeps going,” said Graydon Pleasants, the head of real-estate development for the Innovation Quarter.

The Innovation Quarter, an initiative of Wake Forest School of Medicine, which is part of Wake Forest Baptist Health, is in the eastern part of downtown Winston-Salem. It sits on 337 acres, of which 168 acres have been developed by Wake Forest Baptist Health or other entities.

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Winston-Salem makes the list of 50 Best Places to Live in the United States

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“The City of Arts and Innovation” has been one of North Carolina’s most progressive metropolitan areas over the past few years due to its revitalized Innovation Quarter featuring the state’s top biomedical research and technology park. And with historic Old Salem and art galleries galore, the walkable downtown area even landed on Forbes‘ list of the 14 best places to travel in the United States in 2019.

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