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Grading of the former golf course on Pleasant Ridge Road is preparing land for prospective tenants of Piedmont Triad International Airport.
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I noticed earthmoving machinery leveling airport property on Pleasant Ridge Road in northwest Greensboro. What’s going on there?
A bridge crossing the interstate serves as an aircraft taxiway from the terminal to the property around the golf course where developers are trying to transform the Triad into a transportation hub. They want to build upon the growth of Honda Aircraft, FedEx, HAECO Americas and Cessna as major PTI operations.
We checked with Kevin Baker, executive director of Piedmont Triad Airport (PTI) Authority, and he explained that land is being graded to prepare for future tenants.
The tract “may be developed in its entirety or in parcels,” PTI said in the economic development section of its website. The site has received preliminary development approval and “is ready to host a major tenant.”
The grading is underway on the site of the former Pleasant Ridge Golf Club (at corner of Pleasant Ridge Road and N.C. 68); the property consists of 132 acres that’s part of an 800-acre tract where economic recruiters envision aerospace companies setting up operations. Originally called Bel Aire Golf Club, the course closed in 2018. Over the past two years, crews have demolished the clubhouse, drained ponds and flattened the property across Interstate 73 from the PTI Airport terminal.
Grading will enable airport officials to move quickly to accommodate prospective tenants, Baker wrote in an email to the Northwest Observer this week. The work underway “is not for a particular tenant at this time,” Baker added. Instead, the authority is preparing the property “for any and all users,” he wrote. “Getting this work done in advance shortens the critical path schedule for future tenants.”
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