Epic Games has agreed with Turnbridge Equities and Denali Properties to buy North Carolina’s Cary Towne Center.

The 980,000-square-foot and 87-acre shopping center will be changed over into the Fortnite maker’s new global headquarters by 2024. A source acquainted with the issue revealed to FOX Business the price tag for the deal came in at generally $95 million.

As per a news release by Epic, the offices will incorporate a mix of office buildings and recreational spaces, giving the organization “flexibility to create a campus customized from the ground up to accommodate its long-term growth.”

Epic will start development of its new headquarters later this year. Meanwhile, the organization will stay at its present headquarters at Cary, North Carolina’s Crossroads Boulevard.

“Epic has been proud to call Cary home for over 20 years and has immersed itself into the community, often hiring locally and from nearby universities as the company continues to grow and scale,” the company said in a statement. “While plans for the Epic campus are still in the early phases, the company is already working with the Town of Cary on its development and exploring ways some of this property might be used by the community. Epic is grateful to the Town and its leadership for how welcoming it has been to the company over the years, and this positive relationship played a significant role in Epic’s decision to pursue a campus that secures its future in Cary for decades to come.”

Cary Mayor Harold Weinbrecht said the city is “extremely proud that Epic has chosen to call Cary home for their new global headquarters” and greatly appreciates the company’s “recognition of Cary’s existing assets as well as the unlimited potential of the area for their growing business.”

“We look forward to continuing to work closely and collaboratively with the Epic team as they conceptualize their new campus, and we’re honored to partner with them on this exciting new development,” Weinbrecht added.

Turnbridge and Denali procured the Cary Towne Center shopping center in January 2019 of every a distressed sale following the deficiency of three of its fundamental inhabitants.

“Epic shares our vision for transforming Cary Towne Center into a vibrant community space. This sale is further validation of our value-driven investment strategy, and the property could not be placed in better hands,” Jason Davis, Managing Director at Turnbridge Equities, said in a statement. “After years of shifting development plans for the Center, we are thrilled the space will be utilized to its full potential and turned into something the Town and community of Cary can be proud of.”

In December 2019, the Cary Town Council approved a request to rezone the shopping center for a mixed-use project that included up to a limit of 1.2 million square feet of office space, 360,000 square feet of commercial space, 1,800 multi-family/townhouse units, and 450 hotel rooms.

Nonetheless, the city said in a project update a week ago that the approved improvement plans are “no longer moving forward” because of Epic’s acquisition. Be that as it may, the city will proceed with plans for the Cary Community Recreation and Sports Center.

Epic is esteemed at more than $17.3 billion after the organization raised $1.78 billion during its most recent funding round in August. The round incorporated a $250 million key investment from Sony Corp.

“Fortnite” is one of the world’s most popular video games, with in excess of 350 million records. Epic additionally works the Unreal Engine, a 3D creation tool for designers.