The $175-million Bell Tower Development project involved a painstaking transformation of a section of the University of North Carolina's Chapel Hill campus.
Construction over the course of nearly five and a half years occurred in five distinct phases, including: the relocation of all existing site utilities and the erection of a temporary, 5,000-sq-ft greenhouse; the renovation of the existing chiller plant; the addition of seven cooling towers; the construction of a 750-space, seven-story cast-in-place parking garage; and the building of a 228,000-sq-ft research facility that features green roofs, a 19,000-sq-ft greenhouse, teaching auditoriums and research labs.