APEX, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s first standalone children’s hospital will be built in a bedroom community near the state capital, the project’s health systems announced Thursday, creating a campus estimated to bring 8,000 jobs to the area.

The UNC Health and Duke Health systems are partnering together to create North Carolina’s Children’s Health campus.

With two of the largest health care systems in North Carolina set to collaborate on building a new children’s hospital, the location of the state’s flagship pediatric facility has been chosen.