Projects & Construction:
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Did you know: Winston-Salem has the largest technical medical park in the southeast, according to Business N.C.,.
An 80s Canadian artist for this week's SSP update:
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A noteworthy person involved in what is happening downtown asked me to bring this update back. It has become very difficult and time consuming to find construction photographs, but I was able to locate enough to create a big update. Thank you to all of the photographers. The ability to continue construction updates on this thread centers on finding photographs. For those who haven't noticed, I reside in another state.
The Byrum Apartments:
This is a new ground-up construction 5-storey downtown apartment building (on Liberty Street, near Eighth Street), from developer DPJ Residential. It will have 286 residential units, residents' clubhouse, fitness center, saltwater pool, and dog park. The size is 449,009 square-feet and the cost is $65 million.
1010 Northwest Apartments:
A Philadelphia developer (Ampere Capital Group) has acquired a site next to West End Millworks for a car-free market-rate apartment development. This is an adaptive-reuse project and will reuse the existing 1950s office building. The developer notes the many restaurants, offices, entertainment options, and a bus stop surrounding their building.
WSJS-AM/FM Residential Redevelopment:
This is a plan to demolish an old radio broadcast tower site for 348 multi-family units, by a Syracuse, NY developer. The old towers for Sports Talk 101.5 / 600 may have been destroyed by vandals, but the developer had plans to demolish them and the building at the site for this project. The rendering from Planworx Collaborative architects for this project is actually a rendering for another project by the same developer (Widewaters Group) in neighboring Charlotte, so I'm guessing they are building the exact same thing on this site in Winston-Salem (chain branded multi-family developments)? At least it's better than what is there now and should add more density.
Woolworth Museum & Events Center:
The former Woolworth's Building will have its original lunch counter restored as a museum. It was the site of the first Sit-in victory. The remaining space will become an events center that can host around 500 people.
Siemens Energy Expansion:
Siemens Energy is expanding their Winston-Salem operations. I don't know if we can actually follow this project on the forum or not (likely won't be any construction photographs), but I'll report it here.
DTE Renewable Energy Power Plant:
Detroit-based DTE Renewable Energy is planning a renewable energy power plant project in Winston-Salem. This power plant project will sell renewable energy to other power companies.
Tannery Mill Apartments:
This is a proposed apartment development with 180 units, designed by Tate Architecture, with landscape design by MLA Design Group.
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Merschel Park:
The wind sculptures (whirligigs) are the work of renowned Utah-based sculptor Lyman Whitaker. According to the artist, the work is called "Balancing Act" and yes, they will be lit at night. They use the power of the wind and interaction with light to create mesmerizing visual displays. Lyman Whitaker's work is seen in public and private art collections around the world. Interestingly, in the United States, he hasn't created many of these sculptures east of the Mississippi River. Most of his work is located in the western states. This was one of the reasons his work was selected, so the park would have the work of an artist you don't see much of in the eastern U.S.,. Completion of the park is set for this month, but you can enjoy the wind sculptures right now.
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At night:
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Kaleideum Science Museum:
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Space below the rooftop stairs, where the planetarium will be constructed:
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Liberty Plaza Renovation:
We now know what the area, where the 14-storey Liberty Plaza building entrance meets Liberty Park Sensory Garden, will look like. They will create a nice outdoor dining area to blend the two together. There are also plans to clean Liberty Plaza and paint the area around the windows, to modernize it. I've seen this (painting around the windows of buildings like this one) done in other cities and it does look nice. I'm thinking of a San Francisco building and a Houston building renovated like this.
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Bailey Power Plant Tenants:
Sushi Rose, a Japanese-Peruvian restaurant, has signed a lease for a space across the street from Bailey Power Plant in downtown's IQ District. It should open in June 2023. Their menu includes Wagyu beef that can be torched and seared over hot rocks and brought to the tables, as well as sushi, other seafood items and a variety of beef, vegan, and vegetarian options for lunch and dinner. The owners are also opening locations in Tampa and New York City. They have very late hours, which should be good for Fifth Street vibrancy.
Tokyo-based life science company, PHC Group, is creating a new regenerative medicine clinical trails program in downtown Winston-Salem's Bailey Power Plant. It's called Clinical Trails Catalyst.
Epredia, a precision cancer diagnostics company, and Aiforia, a medical software company using artificial intelligence for image analysis in pathology, are the newest tenants in downtown Winston-Salem's Bailey Power Plant. Did you know: Epredia’s products are used by pathologists and researchers 44 times every second. “As a global leader in anatomical pathology, Epredia is committed to providing precision health care tools and information. Expanding our presence in the ecosystem of the Regenerative Medicine Hub just makes sense. We are excited to grow our partnership to more directly engage with leading scientists and innovators, to potentially speed up clinical translation endeavors and have a greater impact on health," said Epredia's president, Steven Lynum.
The Barcelona Burger Bar will open, soon!
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Dram & Draught will open this month in Bailey Power Plant:
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Dram & Draught opening this month:
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4th and Green Apartments & Retail:
This project now has a shoring permit. Workers are at the site and work has started!
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IBM Building and WTOB Radio at the corner of 4th and Green streets around 73 years ago...
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Forsyth County Courthouse:
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Still working on the glazing:
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500 West 5th:
Northwestern Mutual has leased the sixth floor of this building.
The Downtown Grille has now opened and it also includes outdoor dining space along Fifth Street:
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This building was constructed as a single-tenant corporate headquarters tower for a life insurance company and never had a retail/restaurant space until now. It's great to see these buildings finally adding ground-floor retail spaces! It's bringing vibrancy to these blocks.
The Workhouse Fitness: Built! 
I usually don't post these smaller projects, but I thought this gym was interesting enough share. It was built by someone from the United Kingdom who moved to Winston-Salem a few years ago.
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Please don't paint the brick... and the white, black, and grey fad...
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East of Texas:
An update on this multi-tenant retail/restaurant/craft beer brewery/hotel/gym/outdoor amphitheatre/entertainment project. The developer moved to Winston-Salem from Austin, so that explains the name. I'm not sure if this is the name for the entire development or just the restaurant? As long as you know the project I'm talking about.
East of Texas restaurant:
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The house from 1782 is in the background:
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I think this gym is now completed?
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L'Avenue Boutique will open next month:
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This city's terrain is rough, but beautiful... (notice 1782 house in background)
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1001:
This project's restart was moved back to Spring 2024. No completion date was provided.
Mayfair Apartments at Liberty:
As of January 9, 2023, they have a general contractor and have applied for permits. This is an 8-storey apartments, retail, and hotel project. It has no parking.
The side that faces the park is more attractive than this side:
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The Depot Hotel & Residences:
A local newspaper is reporting Dallas-based Coury Hospitality is a co-developer on this project. The award-winning developer will also lead the design and manage the hotel, meeting space, bar, and restaurant part of this 16-storey mixed-use development.
Brookhyrst Apartments:
Tenants are moving out of the buildings at the site and demolition work has started for this new 6-storey apartment building:
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This part of downtown (Ballpark / Village District) is becoming one massive collection of apartments. Two new apartment buildings have started construction (both seen in this post) and another site, ready for apartments, was listed for sale last month.
Robert Hall Hotel and Conference Center:
A TV show filmed an episode at the conference center:
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Artreaux Apartments:
Workers have poured the curbing to restore 10th Street. It's great to see so many developers wanting to help restore the city's grid.
The Apartments and Coworking Space, with the 10th Street Restoration:
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The Townhouses:
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A look inside:
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The Lobby and the view of The Ramkat Live Music Venue and Gas Hill Drinking Room, through the windows:
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Truliant Headquarters Expansion:
As work nears completion, this financial institution is installing beehives on the roof and is working with their landscape architect to create a bee-friendly landscaping design.
A look at the solar panels on the roof:
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A look inside!
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Hanes Park Sports Facilities:
Permitting has started for the football stadium.
8 W 3 Apartments & Retail:
An update on PMC Property Group's restoration and adaptive-reuse of the state's oldest steel frame office building to apartments and retail.
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Buck Hoist (construction elevator):
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1007 South Marshall:
Construction will now start on this project around May 2023. Financing delayed the project by about two months. It was scheduled to start construction in March. I'm guessing completion is now scheduled for Fall 2023?
Commercial Finance Building:
This project now has a preservation easement. D.H. Griffin was hired for remediation, as work starts on this project. It will become two floors of office space and the outdoor space will become a beer garden, dog park, and outdoor theatre for live music and other performances. The beer garden should open in mid-March. A neighboring building will have a variation of the U.K.'s Puttshack, which should be interesting. This is a developer who worked for years in Europe. Their headquarters will move into the office space.
The building is "L-shaped" and larger than what you see here:
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1001:
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Eleventh Street Townhouses & Apartments:
This project is now under construction. Construction started 12-6-2022.
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The Legacy Apartments:
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Novant Health Critical Care Center:
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Grant Park Expansion Phase II:
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Sentinel Commons:
It appears to be completed on the outside?
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A new office was recently finished:
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Link Apartments 4th Street: Built!
This project appears to be completed? I haven't seen anything officially saying it's completed, but it looks completed to me.
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The coldest time of the day, during the coldest month of the year... who is ready for the pool!
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The view from the top floor amenity area is nice:
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Lofts @ Whitaker Park:
This project is only 60% completed. However, near the middle of construction, it was sold to a new developer. Virginia-based residential developer Frye Properties acquired this adaptive-reuse project. It will be their first in the Triad area and Winston-Salem is a very attractive market for them. Winston-Salem is so attractive to them, they also acquired additional land next to this project, to build new buildings.
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Whitaker Park Hotel & Mixed-use:
Frye Properties has also acquired this site and will become the developer for the mixed-use retail, residential, and hotel development. They still plan to build an apartment building and hotel, but the design may change. That is good news, since I didn't like what the previous developer showed (in renderings) for the retail.
Second Street Park & Cycling Cut-through: Built
This bicycle commuter shortcut path and new City park are completed:
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A larger view from a different apartment:
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Metropolitan Mixed-use:
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Nucor Steel Mill:
They are currently extending a 6 inch diameter gas pipeline to this project. The extension is 3.8 miles / 6.1 kilometres in length and will cost $2.7 million. Did you know: Nucor manufactures a quarter of all the raw steel made in the United States.
Whitaker Park Mixed-use Project:
This building, in the large mixed-use project, is completed:
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Chatham Building Apartments & Retail:
This project now has a preservation easement. GBX Group and Mast General Store are working on this project.
492 West End Blvd:
Not much of an update...
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Vade Mecum Springs Resort Restoration:
Hanging Rock State Park received $2.9 million for roads, enhancing utility services for electric vehicle chargers, and to restore the 120 year old Vade Mecum Springs Hotel. This hotel is noteworthy, since it is the last Victorian spring mountain resort in metro Winston-Salem and among the last in the state. It is expected to become a mountain vacation resort again, with a restaurant and space for weddings. It's good to see the State finally funding this hotel restoration and moving the project forward! We have waited a long time for the State to fund this project! Hanging Rock State Park also received $350,000 to purchase four additional acres of land.
An ad from 1914:
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The resort had three hotel buildings by 1920. I think construction may have started on the resort in 1875? Only one hotel and a few other resort buildings remain today.
East Tower:
Installing the tower crane:
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Alternative Transportation:
Rail Streetcar System:
This project is in the City's Federal Action Plan for 2023.
Salem Parkway Bike & Pedestrian Path (Eastern Half):
For the section from Fourth Street to the land bridge at Oliver Park, the City has hired HDR as a consultant. The environmental review is completed and the City is currently acquiring easements for construction. We should have a new cost estimate, soon. The bid document is 100+ pages and the project will be out to bid in Spring 2023. It's still a few more months before this starts. Acquiring the construction easements is the big delay. Interestingly, the wayfinding appears to be a separate project consultants are preparing to start work on. This (wayfinding) project is currently seeking funding.
Salem Parkway Bike & Pedestrian Path (Western Half):
This is Fourth Street to Lockland Ave. I wouldn't look for anything to start here for another year. It is a very difficult section to complete and the City has hired a different consultant.
Brushy Fork Greenway:
This is the greenway near Union Station. The design is almost completed. The major issue is trying to get an agreement with Norfolk Southern for a rail crossing. The railroads are very difficult to work with and they like to say no to everything.
Salem Creek Greenway Extension:
This is the greenway that will connect Washington Park to Forsyth Tech. They have four alternatives to consider, each with their own very different issues. When completed, this will connect downtown with another college for cyclists and pedestrians.
SPIN Electric Bicycles:
SPIN has added dockless eBikes to their offerings this year. Their eBikes are already available in downtown Winston-Salem, if you have their app and want to try them.
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Oliver Cycling Park:
We finally have renderings of this downtown park project!
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You can see the new museum and where the two major bicycle commuting paths intersect, with a bicycle fly-over ramp, in this park:
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Rails-to-Trails Bicycle Commuter Highway Expansion:
The City is working on agreements with all three partners involved in this project. Federal funding is expected to add several long steps that could add another 6-12 months to the project.
Off-Subject:
Story behind the Wrong Number Bar:
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Home Price Increases:
This is according to CoreLogic. Home prices are continuing to increase in Winston-Salem. Winston-Salem leads the state in home prices increases.
Winston-Salem: 12.9% increase
Charlotte: 12.9% increase
Durham: 10.8% increase
Raleigh: 10.6% increase
James Beard Awards:
Stephanie Tyson of Sweet Potatoes (on Trade Street in downtown's Arts District) is a semi-finalist for best chef in the southeast. Heff's (on Fourth Street in downtown's Restaurant Row) is a semi-finalist for Best New Restaurant in America.
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