A five-story building to house 71 independent living apartments in the heart of Durham (Durham County) will move forward after the Local Government Commission (LGC) approved a $105.1 million bond package sought by the N.C. Medical Care Commission on Tuesday, November 1st. The project, spanning 250,000 square feet on the 47-acre campus at The Forest at Duke, will be an addition to the existing 234 independent living units, 34 assisted living units and 58 skilled nursing beds on the Pickett Road campus.