Who decides what opens downtown Raleigh, Duke's investment arm buys a Durham office building for nearly half what it sold for in 2015, and Wake County voters approve $149 million for Wake Tech. Plus, a free AI growth briefing for private equity-backed CEOs, and the events you need on your calendar this week.

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• Downtown Forward, Nov. 12 at the Transfer Co. ballroom (tickets) — https://www.ticketor.com/dra/findticket?EventId=370498
• DUMAC buys Erwin Square Plaza in Durham (Triangle Business Journal) — https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2026/11/02/erwin-square-office-sold-dumac-duke-university.html
• Wake County voters approve $149M in bonds for Wake Tech (The News & Observer) — https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article317834351.html
• Atlantic Union Bank's new Raleigh branches — https://www.atlanticunionbank.com/
• Beacon Pointe Advisors acquires ACT Wealth Management (Triangle Business Journal) — https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2026/11/04/beacon-pointe-acquires-act-wealth-management.html
• Constructing the Carolinas, with Turnbridge Equities' Jason Davis, hosted by Jed Byrne (produced by Walk West) — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wmd85irZDk
• Six Triangle climate startups at Raleigh-Durham Climate Week's Founder Skills social (GrepBeat) — https://grepbeat.com/2026/11/05/meet-the-six-startups-from-rdcws-climate-tech-showcase-social/
• Raleigh-Durham Climate Week: https://raleigh-durham.climate-week.org/
• North Carolina's projected nursing shortage (ABC11) — https://abc11.com/post/nursing-shortage-strains-north-carolina-workforce/19992292/
• Free briefing, Nov. 12: "Trust, Story, Revenue: The AI Growth Plan PE-Backed CEOs Are Missing" (register) — https://execbrandauthority.com/trust-story-revenue-ai-growth-plan/
• Pitch Please 2026 at Raleigh Founded, Nov. 12 — https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pitch-please-2026-tickets-2003216782321
• Full events calendar: https://6amcity.com/nc/raleigh/events#/
• Office space listings (lease/sale) — BizBriefRaleigh.com
• Connect with Jason Gillikin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasongillikin/

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