Projects & Construction:
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Bailey South:
Compare this photograph with the photograph below:
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Windows and doors removed and workers are enlarging second floor window openings:
Credit: nurseparks
From yesterday morning (5/16):
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"Art Revolve exhibit - three panels with local artwork and poetry are displayed around our construction site!"
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Efird Block Restoration:
Demolition contractor M.B.H. Enterprises was hired to begin interior demolition for the 601 North Liberty Building, on the corner. This building will have office and retail spaces when completed. I'm guessing GBX Group met their pre-leasing requirement for this building? Workers spent the past week or two cleaning-out the interior, in preparation for interior demolition. This project is interesting, since the building had a partial interior collapse and this Cleveland, Ohio-based developer is rescuing it before it falls-down. A storm 30 years ago opened holes in the roof and no one repaired them. It's great to see someone saving this beautiful historic building! They have worked on several historic buildings in Cleveland, OH., and I welcome them to downtown Winston-Salem.
Credit: Meridian Realty
Downtown Hampton Inn & Suites:
They are currently completing the lobby, which will have a bar. As was previously posted in this thread, this hotel could open at the end of next month.
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Novant Health Neurosciences & Spine Center:
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Radar Brewing Company:
Three craft breweries are currently under construction in Winston-Salem. This brewery is located on Ninth Street in downtown Winston-Salem.
Constructing the craft brewery's cooler:
Credit: Radar Brewing Company
Hyphen Hops Brewing Company & Mixed-use:
This craft brewery will grow its own hops on site. It's one of the more interesting breweries under construction in Winston-Salem right now. This adaptive-reuse project also includes restaurants, a bar, deli, vendor market, and apartments.
Preparing the hops growing operation at the craft brewery:
Credit: Hyphen Hops Brewing Company
New Tech Jobs:
App SwipeBy will be hiring in downtown Winston-Salem very soon. They are closing on additional funding for expansion.
Winston Junction:
Adaptive-reuse of an old downtown produce warehouse for an entertainment, office, market, and retail development.
Update on retail tenant EMBER Audio + Design
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Update on retail tenant EMBER Audio + Design
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Update on entertainment tenant Axe Club of America axe throwing:
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Update on entertainment tenant Axe Club of America axe throwing:
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500 West 5th:
The renovation of this 21-storey office building is looking good!
Fitness Center:
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The Lobby:
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The Lobby:
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The Entrance Courtyard Construction:
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Morris Building:
Adaptive-reuse of an historic building for office and retail space, with a possible expansion.
It's the red brick building to the right of the Planters peanut mobile (Planters Lifesavers Co., was headquartered in Winston-Salem until the late 1990s):
Credit: wb256
They had a Mr. Peanut Convention at the Benton Convention Center every year, attracting fans from around the world to downtown Winston-Salem.
New Jobs & Office Tenants:
Miami-based law firm Akerman LLP is opening new offices in Winston-Salem and Atlanta. Andrew Smulian, chairman & CEO, said “We continue to aggressively expand in major business centers across the country to accommodate the needs of our growing client base."
Robert Hall Hotel & Conference Center:
This project is the adaptive-reuse of three attached buildings. The project includes office space for a creative agency, a restaurant, a hotel, a bar, and a conference space. Next to the site is a new craft brewery.
This is the office space next to the hotel:
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The stairs are beautiful!
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Dave & Buster's: Built! 
This sports bar, restaurant, and entertainment venue is now open. They are marketing themselves as a super-regional attraction that can attract people from, roughly, half-an-hour away. This was an adaptive-reuse project.
Soft opening for area executives to talk them into holding corporate events at Dave & Buster's:
Credit: jenyerkes
Credit: jenyerkes
Yes, they covered the brick facade with this material and closed-in a few windows:
Credit: itsitony
Credit: itsitony
First Baptist Church Restoration:
Installing a waterproofing membrane and a new copper roof on the dome:
Credit: piedmonttriadliving
Merschel Park:
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Science & Office Building:
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Main & Third:
Building a concrete form for a floor (You can also see the renovation of the Federal Courthouse Plaza to the right):
Credit: Frank L. Blum Construction
You can see part of the 110 foot / 33.6 metre tall tower crane in the middle of this photograph, taken from Wells Fargo's Tech Center in the IQ District:
Credit: themodelactorradioguy
Link Apartments Innovation Quarter:
The first residents could move-in at the end of July and the building could be completed by Hallowe'en.
Condenser (HVAC) installation, from a few weeks ago:
Credit: longhvacmultifamily
The view of Bailey Park and the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in downtown's IQ District:
Credit: linkaptsiq
Installing COR-TEN Steel cladding (far left side of photograph below):
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Alternative Transportation:
East-West Expressway Demolition:
Credit: pattihamlin
Union Station & Streetcar Yard:
Credit: Spectrum
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Now the exterior is cleaned:
Credit: Spectrum
Off-Subject:
Installing a new copper roof on a Second Empire house from 1873:
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Free movies in the park are back:
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Original Formal Gardens Design at James Hanes House: (They are restoring this garden)
Credit: seccacontempart
"Formal gardens designed by Ellen Biddle Shipman, one of the first women to break into the male dominated field of landscape design. In 1938 she said "... before women took hold of the profession, landscape architects were doing what I call cemetery work."
Downtown's IQ District:
Credit: tincanlove
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Quote of the Week:
Regenerative Medicine Foundation Executive Director Bernard Siegel said, “It is not widely known, but many of the novel concepts and timely discussions presented at the annual World Stem Cell Summit have their genesis from the carefully crafted and innovative course curriculum taught in Winston-Salem.”
Home Prices Increase in Winston-Salem:
As Winston-Salem gains more attention for its growth in tech jobs and for its arts scene, home prices are increasing and increasing very quickly. These are the price increases, over the past year, in North Carolina. Winston-Salem is number one in price increases.
Home Price Increases Over the Past Year:
Winston-Salem: 6% Home Price Increase
Charlotte: 5.26% Home Price Increase
Raleigh: 4.66% Home Price Increase
Greensboro: 3.36 Home Price Increase
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