Epic’s current headquarters is located near Raleigh, in Cary, North Carolina, and the plans revealed Sunday will relocate its offices to the Cary Towne Center mall, about 2.5 miles away. According to local news channel WRAL, “only a few stores currently remain open” at the mall, which has “been struggling to stay open over the years.”
Epic had originally planned on building a new campus, with seven buildings holding up to 1.2 million square feet of office space, plus 360,000 square feet of retail space, 1,800 residential units, a 450-room hotel, and several acres’ worth of outdoor park space. Groundbreaking for that cancelled plan was originally set for February. Instead, Epic will convert the mall, which currently houses a Belk clothing store, a Champs Sports, a Spencer’s gift store, and a Dave & Buster’s restaurant arcade. Most of the large anchor store spaces are currently empty and much of the mall is blocked off to the public.