Projects & Construction:
I want to thank the photographers and local businesses, sharing updates on projects, who make this thread possible. Without you, these updates won't happen. With fewer people out taking photographs, your help is more important than ever! Please share with us. I don't make any money on this. It's to allow fans of this city, who live outside the metro area or outside the state, to see what is happening. It also provides locals with information and renderings on what is under construction.
It's important to support the local restaurants, hotels, and retail establishments in downtown, with everything happening right now. Think of how many of these businesses are dependent on conventions, weddings, sports events, live music, arts performances, festivals, the furniture market, and college students and now, much of this is cancelled, closed, or delayed for who knows how long. There are people depending on tips, store employees who need their pay to support their family, and owners with a large amount of money invested in these projects. If you can and haven't cancelled, move your meeting or event to a downtown hotel or encourage visitors to stay downtown. Instead of visiting bars and restaurants near the mall, visit restaurants downtown to help the local small businesses survive this. You can also buy gift cards/certificates to give to friends/employees to help support downtown retail and restaurant businesses. Tip extra, if you can. Buy gifts for your friends, buy birthday gifts now even if the birthday is a few months away, maybe buy something for your significant other, or do your Christmas shopping early. If you can't visit these businesses you can order on your phone or online. If you have a business, make any bulk purchases from downtown businesses now, instead of waiting a few months. You can make a difference! Thank you for your help and please, continue to support downtown hotels, retail, and restaurants.
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Bailey South:
As was reported in this thread, last year, Black Mountain Chocolate will relocate from the Downtown Arts District to 4,800 square feet at Bailey South in downtown's IQ District. It took this long for them to officially announce the move. As a part of this move, the new space will be called Black Mountain Chocolate Bar, adding coffee, wine pairings, and a cocktail lab. They will also add space to hold tastings and classes, in addition to meetings for up to 75 people. This craft chocolate factory is already under construction and their opening is scheduled for June 2020. The location is the retail space on the far northwest corner, facing the Coal Pit. Interesting facts: This was the nation's 8th craft chocolate factory and the Black Mountain Chocolate products at high-end retailers, across the nation, will be made inside this building. You can see them making the chocolate products, for both local and national distribution, through the windows.
Rendering of the new Black Mountain Chocolate Bar at Bailey South, facing the Coal Pit:
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Rendering of the new Black Mountain Chocolate Bar at Bailey South, facing the Coal Pit:
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Rendering of the new Black Mountain Chocolate Bar at Bailey South, facing the Coal Pit:
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Rendering of the new Black Mountain Chocolate Bar at Bailey South, facing the Coal Pit:
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Rendering of the new Black Mountain Chocolate Bar at Bailey South, facing the Coal Pit:
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I'm guessing the wires (photograph below) are for facade up-lighting? The construction photograph below is the Black Mountain Chocolate space:
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I'm surprised the downspouts from the roof aren't directly tied into the storm water system.
The Bricks:
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Bird's nest ceiling in the 6th floor elevator lobby:
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Hyatt Place Hotel:
This project may take advantage of being inside an opportunity zone.
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Courtyard by Marriott - Downtown:
You can make reservations on April 30, 2020.
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"Executive VP, President & CEO, and the Chief Development Officer of Hotel Equities stopped by for a tour"
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View from the east facing hotel rooms:
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Kaleideum Science Museum:
This science museum has secured partial financing from First Citizens Bank for their proposed downtown museum.
Liberty Park:
I think demolition is set to begin next month, so enjoy this Brutalist plaza built above an office building, before it is demolished. It will be replaced with a new park space.
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311 East Third:
Could incentive restrictions on the next 250,000 square feet of development, in downtown's IQ District, have an impact on this project? This is the rumor I'm hearing and it could lead to a very large R&I office building being constructed in the next phase, if the rumor is true. According to the rumor, if they build a use or uses, that I won't name, in the next 250,000 square feet, the use or uses will have restrictions. If R&I office space is built in that next phase, it won't have any restrictions, though. Most likely, this building will be the first announced and it will absorb all of the restricted space as a massive R&I office building, to prevent a reduction in incentives granted a few years ago. Once this space is absorbed as R&I office space, they will be free to construct a variety of uses, with no restrictions, south of Third Street; where it is said they want to build a hotel, apartments, retail, university classrooms, and hospital space in the phase said to follow this one. So, just how big will this R&I office building become? There are official reports saying 9-14 storeys above Fourth Street / Bailey Park and if they find too much rock close to the surface, it could be on the higher end of those numbers, on the side facing the park. The cost is expected to be around $125-150 million, with an Atrium Health research center as the lead tenant and retail fronting the park. We shall see what happens, likely this summer or later in the year? It's interesting to see the rumors while we wait.
Goose & The Monkey Brew House: Built!
This new craft brewery is now completed and it looks awesome! Yes, it is an adaptive-reuse project.
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Soft Opening:
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New Business Park:
Front Street Capital, developer of Bailey South, has acquired 204 acres along Brown Street, next to Interstate 85 and Interstate 285, for a new business park. Stimmel Associates is the landscape architect. This project could attract around 1,000 new jobs to the area.
Stevens Center Renovation:
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Whitaker Park Mixed-use Project:
CJMW is the architect for this project. Stimmel is the landscape architect.
College Academic Commons:
Work is now starting on this project, as Wake Forest University moves "heritage trees" from the construction site. Yes, they are moving the trees!
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I want to see the tree claw in action, too! Thankfully, there are photographs of it lifting trees out of the ground for this new building!
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Joyner's Bar (Flatiron Building):
Joyner's Bar will open in the historic Flat Iron Building in the middle of next month. The space will have a prohibition era speakeasy appearance and will feature exposed 1868 brick walls, bookcases, booths, leather chairs, and light fixtures with a vintage appearance. They will also offer prohibition era cocktails, with a custom designed mahogany island bar. The bar will be open until 2 a.m., seven days a week.
Interstate 74:
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Twin City Motors Building Adaptive-reuse:
Mayfair Street Partners is already hiring for this project and they are seeking your opinion on what type of restaurants you want to see in the Food Hall. Very exciting! It appears as if they will name the project Twin City Motor Company. I'm waiting on official confirmation before changing the name. Construction was set to begin this month. This building was a former Ford Assembly Plant, with a small showroom and small sales space fronting Liberty Street. Yes, it was a Ford Factory in the 1920s.
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Broad Branch Distillery Barrel Aging Facility:
Broad Branch Distillery will expand bourbon production by opening a barrel aging facility at Salem Business Park. The facility will only be used to store the wooden bourbon barrels during the aging process. The product will continue to be made downtown.
Gallery Lofts II:
Do you remember this project? The former box factory was demolished two years ago for a new-construction apartment building without any parking. A fence was installed around the former box factory's concrete pad. I think closing the road has slowed things down? The same developer working on The Easley Apartments is also working on this project.
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Davidson County Courthouse Expansion:
This project topped-out roughly a week ago. I think all of the floors are also poured?
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Link Apartments 4th Street:
Fire fighters had to extinguish a late-night fire on the second floor on March 4. Completion of demolition was also pushed-back. The former Security Life & Trust headquarters building is proving difficult to demolish.
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Semans Building:
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Egger North American Headquarters:
The new office building and design center is officially completed and open. They have hired 220 employees, with plans to have 770 employees when their entire campus is completed. Construction continues on this project, with the next phase of work scheduled for completion in Fall 2020.
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815 North Trade Office Building:
This project now has saw service and is officially under construction. The uses are now shown as office and residential.
Efird Block Restoration:
This project has secured financing from Pinnacle Bank. It appears as if Columbia-based Capitol Places (Prioreschi family) may also be involved in this project, in addition to Cleveland OH., based GBX Group?
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HVAC Installation:
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500 West 5th:
Creative CoWorks is the newest tenant at 500 West 5th.Corey Madden said “As a place where professional and student artists can gather, collaborate, and workshop ideas, Creative CoWorks will raise the profile of the local creative sector." UNC School of the Arts will open a satellite campus with classes as part of Creative CoWorks and the Kenan Institute for the Arts will offer a Creative Catalyst Certificate at Creative CoWorks. More students in downtown is great and so are more startups.
Renfro signed a lease to move their headquarters to this building's 11th floor. They also have an option on the 10th floor. This is in addition to space they have leased at Bailey Power Plant for research and design. Renfro expects to begin upfitting their space at 500 West 5th in May, at a cost of $3.5 million. Expect to see 150 employees in 500 West 5th when the headquarters relocation is completed. Those 150 employees will be relocated from out-of-town to downtown Winston-Salem. The company will also create another 50 or more new jobs as part of their relocation to Winston-Salem. They already have nearly 50 employees working in Bailey Power Plant, in downtown's IQ District, and those employees will stay there. Renfro has a long lease on space at Bailey Power Plant for their creative employees and research & technology employees and expect to increase employment at that site, too.
A new bar in the building's lobby:
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Demolition for the lobby's new bar:
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Salem Parkway:
I've noticed the lights don't appear to work and they still have more brickwork to complete.
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You can see the areas where they haven't finished the brick:
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401 West End Blvd:
This project is now pulling permits and is ready to start construction!
Courthouse Parking Deck:
We finally have a rendering:
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Lowe's IT Center: Built!
Lowe's Home Improvement Centers has opened their IT Center in Winston-Salem's Madison Park. It currently has 130 employees, with plans to grow the center. The new office combines a modern workspace with meeting rooms, training & disaster recovery space, a dedicated test lab, retail innovation development, and collaborative technology systems & tools. B.K. Shepard, Lowe's Vice President of Technology Infrastructure and Operations, said “This is an exciting time to be at Lowe’s and to be in Winston-Salem. Lowe’s is evolving to serve customers differently and we’re building a best-in-class team in Winston-Salem to help accelerate Lowe’s technology transformation.”
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Winston Junction:
Sayso Coffee Space:
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First Baptist Church Restoration:
I don't think they have started on the expansion, but the main exterior restoration work appears to be completed?
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Link Apartments Innovation Quarter:
Sidewalk work is now completed at Fifth Street and Patterson Avenue. Yes, this part of the sidewalk has reopened!
Sunday (3/8):
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Sidewalk Reopened:
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Alternative Transportation:
Salem Parkway Bike & Pedestrian Path:
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Off-Subject:
Winston-Salem - Top Cities for Job Creation:
Milken Institute ranked Winston-Salem a "Top 5 Mover in Job Creation" for 2020.
Most Underrated Cities:
Winston-Salem was selected by House Method as North Carolina's Most Underrated City. They spoke of the city as a haven for entrepreneurs, spoke of the city's world class museums and world class food and bakeries, and brought-up the city's many colleges and universities.
Reynolda House Museum of American Art:
A rare double portrait, from artist Gilbert Stuart, was donated to the museum. It is from 1791 and several museums were interested in the rare painting. The owner thought it belonged in Winston-Salem, at this museum.
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West Salem Neighborhood:
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No one sitting outside in the snow and cold?
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Yes, it's next to a tall bank building:
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