A much-anticipated development in Wake County has marked a major milestone.
On Tuesday, a groundbreaking was held at the first apartment complex in Veridea, the sprawling community planned in Apex that will include thousands of housing units, a Wake Tech campus, 3.5 million square feet of retail and hospitality space and the future NC Children’s Hospital.
“We have sort of a proverbial mantra of ‘eds, meds, and well-leds’. We call them superstar regions. Apex checked that box,” said Joe Graziose, Executive Vice President of Residential Construction and Development for RXR, the developer behind Veridea.
Apex town leaders joined Mayor Jacques Gilbert and the leadership team from RXR at Tuesday’s groundbreaking, where work officially began on Veridea’s first vertical structure — a two-building luxury apartment complex called Summit House, set to open to renters in early 2028. For Graziose, it’s the start of a bold future for this once-dormant landscape…