APEX, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s first standalone children’s hospital will be built in a bedroom community near the state capital, the project’s health systems announced Thursday, creating a campus estimated to bring 8,000 jobs to the area.

The hospital campus is the latest addition to Veridia, the more than 1000-acre development off of NC-55 and NC-540 that will also include thousands of homes, new retail, dining and office space and a new Wake Tech Community College campus. In downtown Apex, local business owners are expecting a major impact from the development.

Duke Health and WakeMed have teamed up with a national company to open a new hospital in Apex that’s unusual in more ways than one.. Peak Rehabilitation Hospital will care for people recovering ...

APEX. Duke Health and WakeMed have teamed up with a national company to open a new hospital in Apex that’s unusual in more ways than one.. Peak Rehabilitation Hospital will care for people ...