Projects & Construction:
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Good afternoon... this was worth waiting a few more hours for! It seems to be bicycle, transit, and pedestrian projects week at the SSP Update?
Get your mind out of the Wells Fargo Center.
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That was a different time, when you had to watch what you said on TV and Radio. It was the #1 song at the time of the Bicentennial, so that is what almost everyone was listening to back then.
Fogle Commons / IQ Infrastructure:
W.C. Construction Company will partner with Whiting-Turner on this project.
A contract was awarded to Fleming Land Management to clear 5.09 acres of trees from the site of the water feature, along Salem Parkway and US-52/I-285.
Eight West Third Apartments:
A big tour is scheduled for this adaptive-reuse project later this week. I'm thinking we may have several photographs of the inside at that time. So, next week I'll declare this completed and make the big closing post on it.
Credit: winston_360
Salem Parkway:
The City of Winston-Salem is seeking $800,000 from NCDOT to pay for a major street lighting project on Salem Parkway. From what I've heard, they are down to the last approval and it is at the State-level.
4th and Green Apartments & Retail:
Wood framing has started. Interestingly, this has become a very difficult project to find photographs of.
Credit: Procon Inc
John Deere Expansion?:
John Deere has acquired hundreds of acres of land near their under construction electric powertrain site. No word on what their plans are, but it likely involves building a new building and creating more jobs in the very near future? We will continue to follow this.
Tanglewood Park Renovation:
Workers will replace the playground equipment, shelter and walkway.
Ronnie's Downtown Grocery Store:
WashingtonParker was correct! Ronnie's Country Store will open January 26, 2024 in ROAR at 633 North Liberty Street. Their hours are seven days a week: Sunday-Friday: 11:30 a.m., to 6 p.m., Saturday: 9 a.m., to 6 p.m.,. Yes, open longer on Saturday, but still closing at 6 p.m.,.
Credit: WXII DaVonté McKenith
Credit: WXII DaVonté McKenith
Credit: WXII DaVonté McKenith
Credit: WXII DaVonté McKenith
New Tenants/Leases/Remodeling:
Dave & Busters is remodeling their space, both inside and out. Look for new lighting, an improved entrance, renovated bar, and improved dining space.
Village Square Tap House will expand into the adjacent former Tap Axe axe throwing space. The billiard area will be expanded and the remaining floor area will become an arcade and bar that can be separated from the billiards area.
Greater Winston-Salem provided "A sneak peek at our newly updated space in 525@Vine." Greater Winston-Salem is the organization that attracts jobs/economic development to Winston-Salem and Forsyth County. This office is located in downtown's IQ District. It's worded as if it's a remodel, but this is actually them moving to a different building and upfitting a new space. It's not over-exciting (typical office space), but you may want to see it.
Credit: greaterwinstonsaleminc
Credit: greaterwinstonsaleminc
Credit: greaterwinstonsaleminc
Confirmations:
Do you remember the posts in 2022 at WSTB and here, around August 2023, on Hargro House opening "at the O'Hanlon Building and using the mezzanine floor?" They now have a large sign in the window.
You may also remember in August 2023, I reported Chris Leab was taking-over the former Rominger Southern Furniture Building for his Dream Center. This is now confirmed on multiple media outlets, with work starting on the upfit. You know about these projects first, because you follow the updates here at SSP!
Truist Stadium Upgrades:
Completion is set for July 2024 and the project should cost $5.1 million. This is one of the most difficult projects to find photographs of, which is surprising since photographs could be used to build excitement for changes at the ballpark for the 2024 season.
Credit: City of Winston-Salem
Glenn Avenue Event Center:
The new event space of the week is at 3810 North Glenn Avenue. Workers will renovate the interior's 4,300-square-feet to add restrooms, stain the concrete floors, add office space, and have behind the scenes spaces. This city is about to become flooded with event centers.
New Brunson Downtown Elementary School:
The official height is 39 feet 4 inches/11.99 metres.
Credit: WS/FC Schools
Credit: WS/FC Schools
Credit: WS/FC Schools
Cloverdale Surgery Center:
We finally have a rendering for this project. Formerly known as Ambulatory Surgical Center, it's now Cloverdale Surgery Center. I will change the name on our first post project list. Completion is set for May 31, 2025 and it is scheduled to open on July 1, 2025.
Credit: AtriumHealthWakeForestBaptist
Ground breaking: (As you can see in the background, it's already under construction)
Credit: AtriumHealthWakeForestBaptist
Credit: AtriumHealthWakeForestBaptist
Shore Road Industrial Park:
The newest industrial park, pending all necessary approvals, could be located at the Westinghouse Road exit on US-52/I-74. If approved, it will be 147 acres and built in two phases. Stoltz Building & Development Company is the developer for this project and it appears as if ITAC could be the GC?
Alternative Transportation:
Transit, Bike, & Pedestrian Improvements:
Three designs submitted, by artists from coast-to-coast, for a new Hanes Mall Boulevard Bus Stop.
Where are you going:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_T_Stephan
Credit: City of Winston-Salem
1980s mall-themed design:
Credit: City of Winston-Salem
Very colorful:
Credit: City of Winston-Salem
Smith Reynolds Greenway:
Not really new, since I first learned of this project in 2022. Winston-Salem is seeking $300,000 for the Smith Reynolds Greenway Feasibility Study. The greenway would connect Bowen Boulevard to Lansing Drive.
Downtown Streetscape:
The City of Winston-Salem is preparing for a $480,000 study on improved lighting, sidewalks, safety, landscaping, and aesthetic design improvements for pedestrians and cyclists on Northwest Boulevard.
The City is still in talks with Duke Energy to start work on lighting replacement along Martin Luther King Jr., Drive.
Salem Creek Greenway Extension:
The City of Winston-Salem is looking to spend $200,000 to hire a consultant to study the best way to extend the Salem Creek Greenway west of Peters Creek Parkway, as part of the Mountains to Sea Trail (connecting the North Carolina mountains to the coast).
Salem Parkway Bike & Pedestrian Path:
The contract for the eastern end of this bicycle commuter highway project will be awarded to Smith-Rowe Construction for $4.8 million. Work will start at the ballpark and end where it intersects with The Strollway. Construction will start in May 2024, with completion set for May 2025. The final completion date could be impacted by material availability? As part of this construction, workers will close the Cherry Street Ramp to Salem Parkway at night-only for six months to construct a 400 foot/122 metre long bicycle path bridge. This bridge will be constructed in a factory and sent by truck to the construction site, where it will be lifted into place.
As for the western end of the bicycle commuter path, it is currently in design and their first plan for the project was recently submitted. The project was approved by the MPO for $1.6 million. This phase of the complicated project will have to cross a creek and use two bridges.
Credit: City of Winston-Salem
Credit: City of Winston-Salem
Transit-Oriented Development:
Using a Federal Transit Administration Pilot Transit-Oriented Development Grant of $1 million, the City of Winston-Salem plans to hire a consultant for a comprehensive study on TOD opportunities.
Random Photographs:
When this restoration is completed, this will be... you guessed it! An event space!
Credit: bestofwinston
Did you know:
Credit: livinginwinstonsalem
I did know this! The patron who commissioned it is in it and the artist loved Winston-Salem so much it will also be his final resting place:
Credit: livinginwinstonsalem
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