Area Information

For the past several years, the neighboring cities of Raleigh and Durham have been at or near the top of Forbes Magazine’s list of the “Best Places for Business and Careers” in the United States. In 2007, Raleigh was #1 and Durham #7. This reflects their location in “The Triangle,” which is home to a multitude of high-tech companies and enterprises as well as Duke University, North Carolina State University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The universities’ research facilities and the educated workforce they provide are the major attraction for businesses located in the Traingle, whose population is the most educated in the United States, with the highest number of Ph.D.s per capita.

Shea Homes is fulfilling the needs of the business and educational community in the area with distinctive new homes in Raleigh-Durham and the surrounding towns of Cary, Apex, Burlington and Wake Forest. They include the highly desirable master-planned communities of Brightleaf at the Park in Durham, Mackintosh on the Lake in Burlington and Heritage of Wake Forest. Along the way, Shea Homes has become known as one of the most respected builders of new homes in Raleigh-Durham.

You can’t talk about Raleigh-Durham without mentioning college sports. With four members of the NCAA’s Atlantic Coast Conference located in the area, the competition is intense, and fan loyalties are even more so. New residents are advised to choose carefully among the North Carolina State Wolfpack, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels, the Duke Blue Devils and the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. But one choice you can’t go wrong on is one of the new homes in Raleigh-Durham that Shea Homes offers. If The Triangle is your destination, Shea Homes will make you feel right at home.

Shea Homes North Carolina has new communities in the following areas: Apex, Burlington, Cary, Charlotte, Concord, Durham, Huntersville, Indian Trial, Matthews, Mint Hill, Wake Forest, and Waxhaw.