The Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center has joined forces with a local landowner to build professional housing within the business park.
The upscale apartments are designed to make the research center more attractive, embracing the “live, work, play” mantra that now dominates the research park industry.
The CRC has more than 1 million square feet of office space. It has recently expanded its play options with amenities to play soccer, lacrosse, volleyball, basketball, disc golf.
But the live part has fallen behind, CRC President Joe Meredith said.
“What we’re trying to do is create a self-contained community that has all the amenities at your fingertips,” he added. “The last amenity that we don’t have is housing.”
