CYBER CONTINUES TO GROW

CYBER CONTINUES TO GROW

2/3/2016 – Governor Nathan Deal celebrates UNISYS ribbon cutting ceremony.

2/26/2016 – University Hospital announces a $30 million expansion of their Emergency Department.

2/29/2016 – Augusta Canal holds ribbon-cutting for new entrance to Lake Olmstead trailhead.

3/9/2016 – Augusta Tomorrow, Inc. holds Downtown Summit. Consensus was to expand urban dwelling.

4/13/2016 – Atlanta-based Greenstone Properties, Inc. acquired more than 29 acres on which to erect the $183 million Project Jackson mixed-use development project in North Augusta.

4/16/2016 – Augusta University and Army Cyber Center of Excellence sign official agreement.

5/5/2016 – Official announcement that Sibley Mill is being redeveloped into a 10-megawatt data center and technology park.

5/11/2016 – Augusta University announces expansion of the Georgia Cancer Center by five floors and a 3-story addition crossing Laney Walker Blvd.

Summer 2016 – Interstate 20 and Riverwatch Parkway Interchange and Median Beautification project commence and will be completed in 2017.

6/7/2016 – Calhoun Expressway beautification begins on this 40-year-old roadway.

7/29/16 – Augusta University opens two new dormitories at the Health Sciences downtown campus.

10/26/2016 – Augusta Riverfront LLC announces plans to build a new downtown hotel adjacent to the Augusta Convention Center.

10/27/2016 – Hyatt House announces a new hotel for the 1200 block of Broad Street.

11/18/2016 – A huge new apartment complex groundbreaking for Laney Walker/Bethlehem district. Will be called the Legacy at Walton Green.

12/14/2016 – Augusta entrepreneurs announce development of an Augusta Innovation Zone (AIZ) located at Broad and 8th Streets.

12/29/2016 – The Lamar Building, with the iconic addition by I.M. Pei, sold.