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Demolition and implosion of the site began in June of 2005 and is one of the largest demolition and recycling projects in the U.S. to date. The Pillowtex site is the second- largest job D.H. Grif- Using his own money, Murdock planned and began building the NCRC as a $1.5 billion bioscience research campus of massive proportions. At full build -out, the campus will have 3.2 million square feet of office, lab, and civic space; 12 parking decks containing approxi- mately 10,000 parking spaces; and nearly 1,000 on- campus dwelling units. The development, beginning with the removal of huge amounts of obsolete textile manufacturing space, encompasses the entire down- town of Kannapolis, making it one of the largest urban redevelopment projects on record in the United States. The primary advantages of the NCRC over other technology parks are twofold: 1) it provides access to some of the world's most advanced laboratory equip- ment in one location, and 2) it is designed to promote and stimulate collaboration among disciplines and across universities and organizations. The eight univer- sities which have a presence on the campus are Duke University, UNC Chapel Hill, NC State, UNC Greens- boro, UNC Charlotte, NC A &T, Appalachian State University, and NC Central. These universities are conducting research in the areas of exercise physiology, individualized nutrition, bicinformatics, and increasing the nutritional value of fruits and vegetables. One ex- of the NCRC is to be a center of scientific collaboration focused on nutrition and health. ample of the collaboration is a study that Appalachian State University's Human Performance Lab is conduct- ing on the effect of a juice developed by Dole on post- exercise inflammation. Rowan - Cabarrus Community College opened a 62,000- square -foot biotech training facility on the campus in 2010 where students are obtaining associ- ates degrees in biotechnology, applied science and, in the future, agricultural biotechnology. The $170 million David H. Murdock Core Labora- tory alone is 311,000 square feet and houses the world's first 950 MHz NMR machine used for plant genomics and molecular studies, in addition to specialized mi- croscopes and spectrometers. The non -profit David H. Murdock Research Institute (DHMRI) operates this state -of- the -art lab and partners with scientists from around the world who need the specialized equipment provided by the lab. Currently more than 300 people work at the cam- pus. Private industry is also developing in and around the campus. Dole Foods, General Mills, and Monsanto all have research arms furthering the development of their products. 40 Economic Development Journal / Spring 2011 / Volume 10 / Number2 1 -1 Attachment number 1 Page 600 Aerial view of Cannon Mills roaring at full steam.