R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
American tobacco manufacturing company
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| 2024 | Ziglar Sheds were being considered for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. |
| August 23 2023 | Cook Medical announced it would sell its Whitaker Park space due to remote work trends, with Purple Crow having a contract to buy the property. |
| August 2021 | Nature's Value bought the 426,800-square-foot 601-11 building, which was previously used by Hanesbrands as a distribution center. |
| February 25 2020 | Chief Judge Rodney Gilstrap of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas ruled that R. J. Reynolds remained fully liable for its portion of an $8 billion annual settlement payment from a 1998 State of Texas settlement, rejecting the company's claim that its brand divestiture to Imperial Tobacco Group Brands, LLC had extinguished its payment obligations. |
| 2019 | Cook Medical announced plans to buy the 850,000-square-foot 601-1 building with intentions to move 650 employees there by 2022. |
| October 2019 | C.A. Harrison Cos. LLC announced plans to renovate the Reynolds Boulevard buildings for loft apartments. |
| 2017 | 120-acre Whitaker Park site and 13 buildings were officially transferred to Whitaker Park Development Authority Inc. |
| October 2017 | The three-story leaf buildings on Reynolds Boulevard were named to the National Register of Historic Places. |
| July 25 2017 | The deal with British American Tobacco was completed, finalizing the takeover of Reynolds American. |
| January 2017 | Reynolds American agreed to a $49.4 billion deal to be taken over by British American Tobacco. |
| January 7 2015 | Reynolds announced donation of Whitaker Park to Whitaker Park Development Authority Inc. |
| July 15 2014 | Reynolds American agreed to buy Lorillard Tobacco Company for $27.4 billion, with the Kool, Winston, Salem, and blu brands sold to Imperial Tobacco for $7.1 billion. |
| July 1 2014 | The first residents moved into the renovated Plant 64 facility, which was converted from an old manufacturing plant into 242 apartments. |
| 2011 | Cigarette manufacturing at Whitaker Park plant was fully consolidated into the Tobaccoville plant. |
| May 2011 | A Miami-Dade Circuit jury awarded Julie Reese, an 82-year-old smoker, a $1 million verdict against R. J. Reynolds Tobacco after she developed laryngeal cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The jury found Reynolds negligent, guilty of fraud by concealment, fraud conspiracy, and placing a defective product on the market. |
| 2010 | Manufacturing plant in Puerto Rico was closed. |
| 2010 | R. J. Reynolds acquired the rights to smokeless tobacco products Kodiak and Grizzly dip. |
| 2010 | Reynolds American announced the closure of manufacturing plants in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Puerto Rico, with production to be moved to the Tobaccoville, North Carolina plant. |
| November 1 2010 | Pepsi announced 195 new jobs and a $7.5 million expansion of University Corporate Center, with BB&T moving two of its operations to Reynolds Business Center. |
| May 2010 | Announcement made that cigarette manufacturing would cease at Whitaker Park plant. |
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