Massive update this week!
Projects & Construction:
Pepper Building Apartments & Retail:
Thank you to Urban Mez for the update! I always love seeing the inside of the Art Deco Pepper Building!
The ground floor appears very clean:
Credit: Urban Mez
It looks the same as it did a month ago. I don't think U.S. Development has many workers on the site?
Credit: Urban Mez
Sports Performance Center:
Our first update on this project!
Credit: Seth Youngblood
Atlantic Capital Headquarters:
This new building won the North Carolina NAIOP award for N.C. Building Project of the Year. The building won the award for being a "new or renovated construction project in North Carolina that is outstanding in quality, building components, innovation, teamwork, project delivery and schedule."
Credit: DWSP
ARTivity on the Green:
Credit: STITCH Design Shop
Credit: STITCH Design Shop
Credit: Doug Rice / AFAS Group
This appears to be an access to the mechanical room for the Tower Cloud rainbow and cloud maker?
Credit: STITCH Design Shop
Musicians performing next to ARTivity on the Green:
Credit: Tucker Tharpe
This is called a "Shadow Sign" by the architects:
Credit: STITCH Design Shop
The Edge Flats Tower Two:
Credit: Edge Flats
Wake Forest School of Medicine: (and the UNCSA Art Tower!)
A rare view from the inside of the university medical school, looking up at the future atrium:
Credit: Stephen Apple
Credit: Tim Adams
The UNCSA Art Tower:
Credit: AFAS Group
Mast General Store:
Mast General Store will open on May 6, at 9:15 a.m.,. Yes, 8 days from now! Mast General Store is a destination retail business people are willing to travel a long distance to visit. It is usually found in busy/vibrant "touristy" downtowns, in or near the mountains, with a lot of out-of-town visitors. Mast General Store only opens a new location every four years and carefully selects their new locations.
The sign is here (taken yesterday morning):
Credit: LTM Commercial
Credit: Mast General Store
Credit: DWSP
Credit: Mike (HRW)
Window Display:
Credit: Mast General Store
Kimpton's Cardinal Hotel & Residences:
A look inside!
6th Floor Hallway:
Credit: David Heckler
Lobby:
Credit: David Heckler
McHugh Sisters Flats:
Salem College offered tours of their new downtown residence hall, to students, over the weekend.
Credit: Salem College
Meeting Planners' Suggestions:
The amount of money from conventions and events held in Winston-Salem has increased by 10% over last year. To build on that success, the TDA looked for ideas from 29 meeting planners. They suggested downtown Winston-Salem should add more hotels, improve the entrance to the convention center and add local artwork around that entrance. What is their opinion of Winston-Salem? TDA's Richard Geiger said The overall consensus was that the planners view Winston-Salem as an urban setting with an intimate atmosphere. "Some meeting planners considered downtown Winston-Salem as an urban Asheville because of its arts influence."
50 West Fourth Apartments & Retail:
This adaptive reuse project is almost completed!
Credit: Malena
Vine Street Conference Center: New to this Thread! 
An event hosting space, located in downtown's IQ District. It's amazing how many events are held in the IQ District and to see the need for more meeting and presentation space all the time. Does anyone know how big this conference center is?
Credit: STITCH Design Shop
455@Vine Office Building:
A rare view from the inside of this adaptive reuse project! This is all spec tech office space, so if you need space, be sure to contact William Partin (336) 713-1336. This is 115,000 square feet of tech office space.
Credit: Stephen Apple
National Olympic Cycling Center:
Looking into the windows, it appears as if interior demolition is complete? We still haven't officially heard who the 22,000 square foot grocery store, on the lower two floors, will be? A ground breaking event for this project will be held at the end of next month. Next year, Team USA Cycling will be training for the Olympics in downtown Winston-Salem... in this building! The best cyclists in the United States will live in this building and train in this building, along with their coaches! Awesome!
Credit: Basement Bicycles
Credit: LTM Commercial
Alternative Transportation Options:
Winston-Salem Light Rail and Bike Path:
Yes, construction is starting on this project! The bid was awarded for the first segment last week. It will have bike and walking trails, along with a Light Rail Transit Line (LRT) connecting downtown to the airport. You can use the new bike and walking trail when this segment is completed next year. There are more segments proposed, to extend the bike and walking trails several miles/kilometers north. A new segment will begin construction when this segment is completed and open to walkers and cyclists. The Light Rail Line will open when the entire project is completed. Yes, the bicycle path is elevated above the streets, so cyclists are fully separated from traffic for their commute to work or for exercise. Cyclists don't have to stop at any intersections! It's like an interstate for bicycles! It should make it easier to bike to work and encourage more people to try it! It will also have water fountains, emergency stations, lighting, street markers in the bridges (so you know where you are), and more! Since this project is elevated above the streets, I don't know if we will see many updates on this? It is being built between residential, university/college classrooms, and office buildings, so maybe someone will look down from their condo, classroom, apartment, or office and take a few photographs we can share?
Credit: Design Collective
Credit: Stimmel Associates
Credit: Stimmel Associates
Credit: Stimmel Associates