Projects & Construction:
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Sorry for posting this a week late. Last week was back-to-school week for my son and that had us running all-week! I think it was worth the wait! We have projects from three of the five Winston-Salem MSA counties and updates on a lot of great projects in today's post! Lets get updated! 
From 1988:
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East Tower: Built! 
This $426 million phase of the project is now completed. The new tower was named for famous surgeon and health system CEO, Julie Ann Freischlag as the Julie Ann Freischlag Critical Care Tower. An endowment chair was also created in her honor. The new tower has 50 exam, medical, behavioral health, trauma, and triage rooms and 28 operating rooms featuring screens designed to provide patients with calming audio and videos before surgeries. Also, the tower has 56 adult intensive care rooms, focused on cardiovascular (28 rooms) and trauma (16 rooms) patients and 58 pre- and post-acute care units, four CT scanners, three X-ray machines and two MRI scanners, and a new sterile processing department with 24 stations.
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Credit: N&R
A second phase could add three or four more floors in a few years:
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Ribbon-cutting - July 23, 2025:
Credit: Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Credit: Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Credit: Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Credit: Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Credit: Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Linden Center Biotech:
Wake Forest University Health Sciences is buying the Linden Center and two neighboring parking lots, in downtown's Innovation Quarter, for $11.85 million. The building will become flexible labs that can be subdivided. Look for spaces for startups as well as space to scale life sciences and regenerative medicine companies.
The Grounds:
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Credit: demondeacons
Stevens Center Renovation:
Credit: Blum Construction
Downtown Marriott Hotel Renovation:
1754 Properties has acquired the 319-key Marriott Winston Plaza Hotel in downtown Winston-Salem, at 425 North Cherry Street. The price was around $56.2 million. The new owner will spend $5 million to renovate the meeting spaces, hallways, and the building's infrastructure. Hospitality Ventures Management Group (HVMG) will continue to manage the hotel. Marcos Casillas, managing director at 1754 Properties, said, "We have been interested in the North Carolina market for some time, and the Marriott Winston-Salem was the perfect opportunity to acquire a well-performing asset in an impossible-to-replicate location that has very positive economic trends and a vibrant city." Joe Smith, managing partner of 1754 Properties, said, "Winston-Salem is a diversified, dynamic, and growing community that benefits from strong demand generators and a growing number of visitors.”
Essent Mortgage Upfit:
Work is nearly completed on the Essent Mortgage office. They are upfitting space in the former First Union Building, constructed in 1985.
Credit: magnoliaconstruction_llc
Credit: magnoliaconstruction_llc
Credit: magnoliaconstruction_llc
Credit: magnoliaconstruction_llc
Credit: magnoliaconstruction_llc
Thomasville Wellness & Education Center: Built!
The new Novant Health Thomasville Rehabilitation Facility is now completed.
MUSE Winston-Salem:
This museum will open in 2026:
Credit: MUSE Winston-Salem
Bowman Gray Stadium Renovation:
The state has provided $1.6 million for the Cookout Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium.
Interstate 74:
Credit: Sam Velasco
Credit: Sam Velasco
Credit: Sam Velasco
Metropolitan Mixed-use:
Credit: Dale Briggs
New Tenants/Leases:
Blooming Heart Tattoo will open in the former Underdog Records space (835 Burke Street). Christi Prater is the tattoo artist opening the business.
Dutch Bros Coffee will open at 2415 Lewisville-Clemmons Road. Galloway & Company is the architect for this project. The building will have two drive-through lanes and a walk-up lane, but no indoor seating.
The buyer of the former Hair Den Building (855 West Fourth Street) is Washington Park Barber Shop. They will reopen the space as West End Barber Shop.
Whiskey Taps & Tails Saloon could open in Clemmons Town Center, as an expansion of The Playground.
Creekside at the Grounds:
Creekside at the Grounds was officially announced, with new renderings! The student apartment building (upperclassmen and graduate students only) will have 229-units with 521-beds (furnished apartments with private bathrooms in each bedroom). Preston Partnership is the architect and Brasfield & Gorrie is the GC. Workers are currently grading the site. Completion is set for Fall 2027.
Credit: The Grounds
Credit: The Grounds
Piedmont Propulsion Systems Expansion:
Piedmont Propulsion Systems will convert 14,000-square-feet of storage space into manufacturing space at their 4400 Lansing Drive Building. archSTUDIO7 is the architect for this project. It's an interesting project. They will have to dismantle and raise the existing recessed floor with new steel supports and pour a new concrete floor slab. This is valued at roughly $1 million.
Muddy River Tavern:
This is an update on Muddy River Tavern, in Yadkinville. We don't post much on projects over there, so it's good to see one of their projects on the updates. According to the GC (Magnolia Construction), "The exterior entry is getting a full transformation, giving this spot a fresh, welcoming face. Meanwhile, interior work continues to move forward, bringing us one step closer to the finished vision."
Credit: magnoliaconstruction_llc
Credit: magnoliaconstruction_llc
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Credit: magnoliaconstruction_llc
Whitaker Park Mixed-use Project:
The 3330 Shorefair Drive Building will install a new 880-square-foot prefabricated freezer unit in the new building. Workplace Architecture + Design is the architect for this project.
Fogle Commons / IQ Infrastructure:
The white orbs light-up at night:
Credit: Joe Mills
New Office Building:
LMI Builders will construct a new 2,400-square-foot office building at 383 West End Boulevard.
N.C. Museum of Art - Winston-Salem Renovation:
I think the design firms listed as working on this in State documents are wrong and these are the correct design firms working on this project. This is the $15 million renovation of NCMA Winston-Salem (former SECCA Art Museum), led by Szostak Design and their partners on the project, STITCH Design Shop and Mud Landscape Architecture. Their proposed changes include a glass cafe at the Hanes House, improved infrastructure, a new trail network, and landscape changes designed to bring together the art museum, its surrounding environment, and its visitors.
Credit: Szostak Design
Credit: Szostak Design
Credit: Szostak Design
Credit: Szostak Design
Credit: Szostak Design
Nucor Steel Mill: Built!
The $350 million Nucor Steel Mill is now completed and beginning production. The steel mill is expected to have 200 employees with an average pay of $99.660.
Thomasville Medical Center Renovation:
An update on Novant Cancer Center at Thomasville Medical Center:
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Credit: magnoliaconstruction_llc
Credit: magnoliaconstruction_llc
Credit: magnoliaconstruction_llc
Alternative Transportation:
Smith Reynolds Airport Restoration:
AVCON, INC., said, "Welcome to Smith Reynolds Airport — where history meets the future! The Terminal Renovation Project has reimagined a 1930s-era terminal, bringing it into the modern age with a seamless blend of historic charm and contemporary design. With a fully renovated interior and updated exterior, the terminal is now equipped to meet the evolving needs of the airport and its community." AVCON engineering is a tenant in the airport terminal and worked on this project. Completion and the official ribbon cutting are set for August 11, 2025, at 10 a.m.,. However, the tower won't start renovations/restoration until later this year. That will be a federally-funded $2 million two-month project, so we can't say it's completed until later this year or early next year. If you want to see the changes at the airport, they are saying anyone can visit and watch take-offs and landings again. The terminal has a place to watch the airplanes and a space for food trucks.
Credit: C Design
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Credit: AVCON, INC.
Credit: AVCON, INC.
Credit: C Design
Credit: Forsyth County
Credit: AVCON, INC.
Credit: AVCON, INC.
Credit: AVCON, INC.
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Credit: C Design
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Off-Subject:
Winston-Salem - The Triad's Hottest Housing Market:
According to a story in the TBJ, The Winston-Salem metro area had four of the Triad's five hottest housing markets, by ZIP Code, in the second quarter of this year. 27106, in northwest Winston-Salem, was the hottest housing market in the Triad; followed by 27104 in the western part of Winston-Salem. According to the publication, the rankings show us where activity is surging, prices are rising dramatically or homes are selling fast. They said home sellers in Winston-Salem are bucking the national trend, as they continue seeing rising profits. Other rankings show Winston-Salem is second nationally among all cities. I want to welcome all of the new residents and invite them to join us here!
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