Projects & Construction:
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The Byrum preparing to go vertical! A new craft brewery! Interstate 74 opening this month! I removed most of the entries others already posted. And the return of the extras I removed from the last post. Lets get updated! 
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The Grounds Office Building:
Credit: Carter USA
Economic Development:
Greater Winston-Salem is currently in talks with 4 employers interested in moving their headquarters here. They are also in talks with 3 aviation companies, 1 tech company, and 3 life sciences companies.
Learning Commons:
We haven't talked about this project in two or three years? Finally, we have a rendering for the new building under construction at Forsyth Tech's main campus. And we have a name for it: Forsyth Tech Learning Commons: A New Hub for Collaboration and Student Success. It will have meeting rooms, study rooms with collaboration spaces, staff offices, a library with an outdoor balcony, a coffee bar, a lounge, a lobby, and an exhibit area. It includes a three-acre courtyard with seating areas. The location is the construction site between Snyder Hall and the Carolina Building.
Credit: Smith Sinnett
Credit: Smith Sinnett
New Craft Beer Brewery:
Are you ready for a new craft beer brewery? Lockstitch Brewing will open a new brewery and taproom in the historic Gentry Store Building in downtown King. They will keep the building's historic character in the upfit.
Creekside at the Grounds:
Credit: The Grounds
Credit: Carter USA
Credit: winstonwatchman
New Yadkin County Data Center:
A Montreal data center developer is acquiring a 120-acre site with a 500,000-square-foot warehouse for $60 million. Closing is expected in Fall 2026. They plan to develop an AI data center for WhiteFiber. Completion is set for late-Summer 2027.
Loewy Building Apartments & Retail:
Interior demolition of the office space is now completed and workers will start on framing the interior spaces for apartments and retail.
A construction update on this office-to-apartments and retail conversion project:
Credit: Ramon Valentin Lomeli
Credit: Ramon Valentin Lomeli
Credit: Ramon Valentin Lomeli
Credit: Sankofa-Willette Nash
Credit: Sankofa-Willette Nash
Credit: Winston Watchman
Credit: Winston Watchman
New Tenants/Leases:
Workout Anytime will open at the Pfafftown Center, in space 4685F, on Yadkinville Road. Thomas Construction and Consulting Services is the general contractor for this upfit.
It appears as if a ramen restaurant will open in the vacant former barbecue space at 1630 Fox Trot Court. This will be a significant renovation that will construct a dining room that connects all of the buildings on the site.
Artesano Bakery will open at 329 Jonestown Road, in Centre Stage at Jonestown.
Could we see a small branch of the YWCA at Marketplace Mall? It is being strongly considered. If the project moves forward, an aerobic exercise space would open in the mall.
The Walmart, at 4550 Kester Mill Road, will add 8 electric vehicle charging spaces. This project will install four 400kW chargers in the box store's parking lot.
Satori Suites will fill the 190 space at 690 Jonestown Center.
Behavioral Innovations will join Freddy's in the new retail development at Kester Mill Road and Hanes Mall Boulevard.
The Snow Building, in downtown Kernersville (111 North Main Street), sold for $575,000. David Fitzpatrick, from the neighboring building, is the buyer.
The Pipe & Pint is considering a location at 1090 Burke Street that may include a bar. I'm not sure if this is a relocation or a second location?
Mountcastle Insurance leased space on the third floor of the 101 South Stratford Building. Landmark Builders is the GC for this upfit.
The Sawtooth Center will construct an outdoor kiln at Mixxer Makerspace. It's open-air, but will have a metal roof covering it. KCO will be the GC for this project.
The Grounds:
Stream Restoration:
Credit: winstonwatchman
Property Transactions:
I was told 408 and 414 North Liberty Street sold to a New Jersey company for $220,000. You may remember never-built proposals to open a country store or an upscale speakeasy in these buildings and also a plan to convert one of the buildings into a conference center. Before the pandemic, there was a proposal for a possible 8-storey Moxy Hotel at the site. These two buildings are best remembered as the old Woolworth Building and a women's clothing store called Holly. We'll see what happens here.
The Byrum Apartments:
C. Herman Construction was selected as the general contractor for this 286 apartment unit project. Yes, it's preparing to start construction! Chris Herman said it will go vertical later this year. This is their first project with DPJ.
Credit: C. Herman Construction
New Apartments:
A developer is considering converting the commercial space at 1903 Margaret Street into apartments. This building looks exactly like an apartment building, but it's a two-storey commercial space.
Interstate 74: Built! 
This project is now completed and will open to traffic on September 19, 2026. Work now moves to Interstate 274 on the western side of the city and the expansion of Interstate 285, from I-40 to I-74, upgrading U.S. 52 to an Interstate in the downtown Winston-Salem area.
Credit: NCDOT
Credit: NCDOT
Credit: NCDOT
Credit: NCDOT
Credit: NCDOT
Credit: NCDOT
Credit: NCDOT
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Off-Subject:
2026 ATP Winston-Salem Open:
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Dash Baseball:
The #1 draft pick of the Chicago White Sox, playing in Winston-Salem:
Credit: Bryan Lewis
Random Photographs:
Credit: Joe Mills
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Credit: Dolores Basaldua
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