The developer behind the hugely popular video game “Fortnite” has bought an abandoned shopping center of almost 1 million square meters to serve as its new corporate headquarters.
Epic Games has purchased the Cary Towne Center mall in Cary’s hometown of North Carolina, the Triangle Business Journal reports, and will turn the site into its new campus by 2024.
The 980,000-square-foot property is about 3 miles from Epic’s current North Carolina headquarters and cost the company just $ 95 million. The 87-acre campus will include both office buildings and recreational spaces.
Epic, which has 2,200 employees, said in a press release that the campus will allow it “the flexibility to create a personalized campus from the ground up to suit its long-term growth.”
Epic, which has been at the center of a battle with Apple over its App Store fees, also said it will work with the city as it plans the new development and is likely to keep a $ 193 million Cary Community Recreation. The sports center that had been planned for the site.