A $100 million retail district called Veridea Crossing is taking shape inside the sprawling Veridea master-planned community in Apex. The new district is expected to total roughly 220,000 square feet and will house restaurants, fitness studios, personal-care services and a grocery anchor. Early renderings show a tree-lined main street and a central plaza framed by low-rise storefronts and surface parking. The retail core will sit alongside planned housing, a Wake Tech campus and the future NC Children’s Health campus that together form the larger Veridea neighborhood.
According to Triangle Business Journal, the district is budgeted at about $100 million and will total roughly 220,000 square feet, with the story crediting the renderings to Past Forward Design. The Triangle Business Journal piece describes the tenant mix as restaurants, fitness and personal services alongside space reserved for a grocery anchor. The report frames Veridea Crossing as the first concentrated retail spine intended to serve new neighborhoods in western Wake County…