Projects & Construction:
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Could another big apartment development be close to starting? New signage downtown? A growing mega site! And so much more! Lets get updated! 
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The Herald Condominiums:
The Herald at The Grounds will have 22 luxury loft-style condominiums above retail spaces. Completion is set for late-summer 2027.
Rendering of the lobby:
Credit: Carter USA
A look at the exterior:
Credit: Carter USA
Conrad Hill Mega Site:
This project is growing in size and now meets the State qualifications for a mega site. An additional 109-acres will be added to the over 1,000-acre site.
Center for Cytocentric Technology: Built! 
This project is completed! BioSpherix has modular and portable environmental control systems on the third floor of One Technology Place (in downtown Winston-Salem's IQ District) to regulate the processing environment while reducing contamination risk, using products such as precision gas controllers, incubator sub chambers and its xvivo system. This allows cells to remain, from start to finish, in environments calibrated to the settings needed for research validation. BioSpherix is also working on workforce development through a collaboration with Carolina University and would like to expand this with Winston-Salem-area high schools, colleges and community colleges. The company created XvivoEd for high school students to do bacterial lessons and the company would like to expand into commercial partnerships. Their plan is for life science companies around the world to take advantage of the capabilities of their new downtown Winston-Salem facility
Credit: Greater Winston-Salem
Credit: Greater Winston-Salem
Downtown Amphitheatre:
The site developers are leasing from the city will have an expanded artist village, with back-of-house operations such as dressing rooms, restrooms, and catering space. It will only be used for the amphitheatre and won't be leased-out during the off-season. To make the investment worth it and prevent problems in five years, they need the longer 30-year lease I reported on last month. That lease will be $1,000 for the first five years and will be adjusted annually based on the Consumer Price Index. Construction will start next month, with completion set for April or May of 2027. Again, all of this will be ground-up construction and not modular or temporary structures.
1803 Distillery Restoration: Built!
This project is now completed. Sadly, we didn't have many photographs of the restoration of this 223 year old building. It is the oldest distillery in North Carolina and one of the oldest in the United States.
Loewy Building Apartments & Retail:
A look at this adaptive-reuse project, converting an Art Deco office building to apartments and retail:
Credit: Benjamin Lin
N.C. Museum of Art - Downtown Winston-Salem:
The North Carolina Museum of Art in downtown Winston-Salem will open July 16, 2026! This summer, directors will bring visitors, artists and organizations together at the new downtown art museum to spark creativity through a variety of programs, such as outdoor concerts, vinyl nights, and exhibitions. The first of these events is called “Unboxed,” and will feature North Carolina artists who’ve contributed to the museum’s Portable Gallery program.
Exposition Center: Built!
This project is now completed and ready to host competitions.
Not many photographs, but it is completed:
Credit: Forsyth County
Credit: Forsyth County
Plaza Building:
We could see new signage, soon, at Reynolds' North American Headquarters. Burchette Sign Company will manufacture and install three new signs for the downtown building. It's about time for a refresh. The current signage was installed in 2016.
The Byrum Apartments:
Chaucer Creek Capital and their development partners have hired Kingdom Demolition to demolish the former Carpet Warehouse Building, at 923 North Liberty Street, as they prepare the site for The Byrum Apartments. Maybe this apartment development is close to starting? I guess we shall see. A few years ago, both The Byrum and Brookhyrst were placed on hold by this development team, due to inflation. I think work restarting on the Innovation Quarter (Eye Institute) is likely playing a role, but that is just a guess from me. This apartment building, in my opinion, is best located to benefit from workers and students at the new Institute.
Credit: DPJ Residential
New Tenants/Leases:
The former Holy Trinity Full Gospel Fellowship Center, at 5307 Peters Creek Parkway, could become an indoor kennel. The church was built in 1965 and offers two floors of space for their proposal.
The Blanchard Institute will open in the office building at 1201 North Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, on the northeast side of downtown. Brock Builders & Construction is the general contractor for this project.
A 3-bay Valvoline Oil Change Center will open on the other half of the former Bank of America site, located at 698 Hanes Mall Boulevard. Peadon Finein Architecture will be the architect for this roughly 3,500-square-foot project. As a reminder: A small drive-through coffee shop will open on the other half of the site.
Shields Inc., is moving to a new office on the third floor of the 1100 South Stratford office building.
SOAR Academy is considering opening in the Liberty Plaza office building, downtown.
Phil's Tavern will open in the former Vincenzo's space, at 3449 Robinhood Road. Wilson-Covington Construction will be the general contractor for this upfit.
Guthrie's Golden Fried Chicken Fingers will replace the Wendy's at 6400 Sessions Court in Clemmons. This will be their first location in the Triad and second location in North Carolina. Columbia Development is the developer.
The Grounds Office Building:
A new rendering for the under construction office building:
Credit: Carter USA
Topping-out Ceremony:
Credit: Brasfield & Gorrie
Credit: Brasfield & Gorrie
Credit: Brasfield & Gorrie
White steel is used on the sixth floor mechanical penthouse:
Credit: Brasfield & Gorrie
Credit: Brasfield & Gorrie
Charter Medical Expansion:
Charter Medical won a BioNest Grant to expand their research and development operations at One Technology Place in downtown's IQ District. Their work involves cold chain logistics, by developing medical devices and single-use devices to store, filter and deliver therapies and biological fluids. This expansion will construct new laboratory space with expanded testing and validation capabilities that use these services. Currently, Charter Medical employs 165 workers in downtown Winston-Salem. No word on how many workers they will have after the expansion.
Creative Corridors:
After several years, this (Invasive Hope) art project is finally completed! Look for a ribbon cutting on June 9, 2026.
Credit: N&R
Credit: N&R
Credit: Dale Briggs
Credit: Leah Hopkins Crowley
Union Training Facility:
The International Union Operating Engineers Local 465 has proposed a training facility for industrial and construction workers. The 71-acre site is located near the State Route 8 and Badin Lake Road intersection and would have a classroom building, along with a garage and training area for heavy equipment like an overhead crane, forklifts, excavators, skid steers, and bulldozers. This proposal would operate an apprenticeship program at the site. The training includes workplace safety, maintenance, heavy equipment operation, crane operations, and construction.
Interstate 74:
This project is scheduled for completion in April 2027.
Off-Subject:
2026 Winston-Salem Cycling Classic:
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More from the 2026 Winston-Salem Cycling Classic:
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On Sports Center:
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Random Photographs:
Credit: Amy Wojchick
Credit: Azael Valdez
Credit: Azael Valdez
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