By Emily Ford
eford@salisburypost.com
KANNAPOLIS ó Construction of the new community college building at the N.C. Research Campus apparently has been delayed again, but developers still hope the college can offer classes there next fall.
Groundbreaking for the 62,000-square-foot Rowan-Cabarrus Community College facility was supposed to coincide with college president Dr. Carol Spalding’s May 1 inauguration at the Research Campus.
But the groundbreaking has been delayed because developer Castle & Cooke North Carolina has not secured a construction loan.
“We are committed to moving as quickly as possible to make sure we can get the community college in and offering classes in fall 2010,” Lynne Scott Safrit, president of Castle & Cooke, said in an e-mail.
Castle & Cooke, which will construct the $26 million building and then lease it to the college, signed a lease agreement with RCCC on March 4 but is still working to finance the project.
Read more in Saturday’s Salisbury Post.