WINSTON-SALEM | Development Guide

[Matthew]

It would be great for the city's architectural tourism to have that second structure confirmed and added.

Projects & Construction:

Bailey Power Plant Entertainment Center:
Three developers will work on this project. A different developer for each of the three buildings on the site. BioMed Realty will be the developer for the 110,800 square foot brick building, which is called "Building 23-2" or Bailey Business Center. The signs in the rendering say Bailey Business Center, but the documents from the developer say Building 23-2. I may change the name of this structure, now that we have this information? They have selected Whiting-Turner Contracting as the General Contractor. It will have five floors, with four floors of tech company office space and one floor of restaurants, retail, and entertainment space. BioMed Realty will also create the boardwalk and surrounding grounds, to match their park across the street. The renovation of Building 23-2 will cost $40 million and should begin in May. The first tenants will move into Building 23-2 in August or September 2017. The entire three building project and grounds will be completed in December 2017.

A member of WSTB's forum has previously reported Empire Properties will develop the concrete building, which is called 23-1. Black Pine Development is believed to be the developer interested in the Morris Building. Maybe I should separate these three buildings into three different projects on the main page, since they will each have a different developer?

Building 23-2: Wow, this building is massive!

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WRMC Adds Another Hospital:
Winston-Salem based WRMC Hospital Operating Corp., will take over Wilkes Regional Medical Center.

Undergraduate Science & Engineering Center:
I'm excited about the new downtown school of engineering!

A crane at the site (April 2)... possibly as a construction elevator?

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A rare look at the back side and construction of the walkway: (View from Plant 64 Lofts)

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Twin City Lofts Condominiums:
We have a new rendering for this project. Yes, it's currently under construction.


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You can see some of the scaffolding on the building: (much of it is hidden behind another building)

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Forsyth County Courthouse:
City leaders, requesting a new courthouse, want the building to be located at the southeast corner of Liberty and Third streets; where the old Piedmont Federal Building is currently located. As you know, Piedmont Federal is studying a new office building, at the northwest corner of Third and Liberty streets, behind the Pepper Building. A new courthouse in this location has growing support and, with the recent reelection of Plyler, has become a strong possibility. This building would be shorter than the proposal at Second Street. This Third Street proposal would front the city's original Courthouse Square with a 9-storey building that could cost $120 million. The county could use limited obligation bonds. These don't require voter approval. One advantage of the Third Street site is the ability to expand the building to the south. Though I like the 12-13 storey proposal at Second Street, the 9-storey proposal at Third Street and the new Piedmont Federal Bank Building would fill-in the former Courthouse Square. Imagine that space with both of those buildings in place!

Bailey Park Phase II:
It appears as if they are installing the lights?


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Now, the ultimate construction photograph... if only it was larger.

Bailey Park, Bailey Power Plant, & the Downtown Medical School Courtyard in one photograph!

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Pepper Building Boutique Hotel?
The owner of the Pepper Building is said to be in discussions to sell the building to a hotel developer. This is according to a poster at the WSTB Forum. I have also seen where a possible buyer did due diligence on the building, recently. So, I can confirm something is happening. The interior, of what was once North Carolina's top luxury department store, was being gutted to create micro apartments, with a Brazilian steakhouse and speakeasy in the retail spaces. Work has recently stopped and a WSTB forum member said notices have appeared on the building. This Art Deco building would make a really nice hotel. Much of the demolition is completed and the building now has electricity and working elevators again. Its original Art Deco ground floor, including the original paint in a few places, is very intact and it has an original elevator from 1928. It's ready for someone's adaptive reuse project. If you like the Pepper Mill Coffee Shop, it may close soon for this hotel project? We will have to see what happens.


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There seems to be strong demand for hotels and tech company office space in downtown Winston-Salem, right now. Strong enough demand for a hotel developer to buy a building currently under renovation. It's still early enough in the renovation to easily convert it into a hotel. I think I prefer having a hotel in this building. I've heard of developers trying to out bid each other for historic buildings in downtown Winston-Salem, but this is the first time I've seen a developer buy a building from another developer during renovation. This hotel developer must have really wanted this building... likely due to the location and Art Deco design?

Convention Center Renovation:
We can now add the convention center project to our construction list. The official ground breaking was Thursday. The project will expand the facility to the south, add energy saving measures, upgrade the facade, and much more.


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Notra Office Building:

This is the location for the new office building. You can see the doors that will connect to the proposed office building.

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Piedmont Federal Mixed-use Building:
It's time to add this to our proposal list. According to someone at WSTB, this office building is now a mixed-use building. Expect to see residential, in addition to office and retail. It will replace the bank's office space to be demolished for a new courthouse or an expanded courthouse.

Hanes Mall Mixed-use:
It appears as if the owner of Hanes Mall is studying a mixed-use project. No real details at this time.

1800 N. Patterson Avenue:
Rezoning was approved for this project, yesterday. This allows construction to move forward on the adaptive reuse of this Streamline Moderne building.

Kimpton's Cardinal Hotel & Residences:
The Cardinal Hotel made Travel + Leisure Magazine's list of the 20 Coolest Secret Hotel Amenities, with a chocolate bar, dusted in a gold luster, designed to look similar to the building. This is presented to guests for special celebrations or notable events.

http://www.travelandleisure.com/hote...l-amenities/13


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I've seen a report that it could open at the end of this month? Maybe that source was talking about the restaurant's official grand opening?

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Crime is Down:
According to the Journal, crime in downtown Winston-Salem has dropped by 10%. A look at the numbers: No murders in 2015 and violent crime dropped 20%.

West End Mill Works:

Restoration of Original Floors:

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Interesting Door:

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Alternative Transportation:

East-West Expressway Bike & Pedestrian Path:
City Council approved applying for a $5 million federal TIGER grant for this project. The grant requires a local $5 million match.

Pedestrian Connector Renovation:
A new project for our Alternative Transportation list. The last remaining segment of the former Trade Street Pedestrian Mall will be renovated into a more attractive park space, under a $150,000 plan from DWSP. Built in 1970, to connect the former pedestrian mall to a massive indoor ice skating rink and Hyatt Hotel, the 46 year old brutalist passageway is more of a hidden "unofficial" skate park today. Roots | First, a firm that moved from Philadelphia to downtown Winston-Salem, will redesign the space. Kristen Haaf has an impressive portfolio of projects from Philadelphia. Her design for this passageway includes ideas such as string lights, art on the walls, signs to tell people where the walkway leads to, and landscaping that brings greenery into the walkway. No renderings are available at this time. DWSP will hold public input meetings. No city money would be used for this project. Only private donations and BID money. Construction could start in November or December.

46 years ago, these walls had paintings, but the paint has faded and the landscaping is now over-grown:
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Credit: Walt Unks | JournalNow

I remember exploring this, when I visited Winston-Salem as a kid, staying at the hotel above it.
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Off-Subject:

You can tell this downtown Winston-Salem church and New York City's Church of the Heavenly Rest are designed by the same architects:

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Downtown Market: (adaptive reuse of an old warehouse)

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[Matthew]

Projects & Construction:

Bailey Park Phase II: Also includes downtown medical school courtyard!
You can see where the park's walkways are planned and one of the staircases is now in place. Bailey Park Phase II will be completed at the end of this month! Don't forget to look at the courtyard for the downtown medical school, too! Both the courtyard and downtown medical school will be completed in roughly 2 months. Are those skylights in the courtyard? If so, there is likely a floor under the courtyard! You can also see the angled entrance. This is where a brick factory building from the 1800s was located. That building was sadly demolished around 1979 or 1980? The downtown medical school and the science & engineering school were originally expansions to that brick factory building in the 1920s. While it would be nice to have the old brick Victorian building, I do love the courtyard that is being constructed in its place.


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Pedestrian Connector Renovation:
If you would like to see the plans and share your vision for this project, you can do so at DWSP's headquarters on April 19. The presentation starts at 4 p.m.,.

1802 Vierling House Restoration:
Interior work is currently underway at the museum on the city's biotech and medical history.


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Union Station & Streetcar Yard:
I found an older photograph, but I still wanted to post it, since it shows the waiting room and ticket windows before renovation began.

This is from last month, when the mayor announced the start of renovation:

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Home Prices Rapidly Increasing:
According to CoreLogic, Winston-Salem had the highest increase in home prices of the state's five largest metro areas, again. Yes, it's a tech boom. Home prices in Winston-Salem actually experienced a higher increase this time than they did the last time this was reported. City Council is concerned about a lack of affordable housing in Winston-Salem's core. Winston-Salem had a home price increase of 7.1%. Charlotte was at 4.9% and Raleigh was at 5.1%.

Kimpton's Cardinal Hotel & Residences:


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New Jobs:
GGS is looking for office space in Winston-Salem and plans to employ 100 or more people. They work with Winston-Salem's B/E Aerospace and want a new office close to theirs. Not many details at this time.

Foothills Brewery Expanding... again:
Winston-Salem-based Foothills Brewing is currently installing new equipment that will allow the brewery to increase capacity by more than 40%. They are also spending $1 million on a larger chilling system. This will allow the brewery to continue expanding into new markets. Foothills has also added more jobs, so they can operate 24 hours. The brewery is also planning for future expansion. They are ready for an additional 17 400-barrel tanks, in the future, when they are ready to expand again. Foothills is already working on expansion plans in West Virginia and expects to brew 15% more beer in 2016. If you're thinking Foothills just expanded, recently, the last expansion was 18 months ago.

Yes, a crane is lifting these into place. Look at how big these tanks are!

Credit: Foothills Brewing

It's interesting to see inside a brewery. You can actually tour this building on a visit to Winston-Salem and the brewing complex has a tasting room.

1800 N. Patterson Avenue:
Construction begins this week on the renovation of the Streamline Art Moderne 7-Up Building. Construction should be completed by late-summer 2016.


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Fourth & Green Apartments & Retail:
The site is fenced-in and ready for this building's construction. This is a view of the site from Saturday.


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Two-Storey Publix With Parking Deck:
This project is almost completed. It's great to see a full-sized grocery store with parking under the building. All grocery stores should do this. It's much better land use.

Do I see four floors in this building and bike lanes? I guess we'll find out how many floors it has, when it opens?

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Bowman Gray Medical Education Building:
A few night views of Wake Forest University's new downtown medical school, taken from a video.


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Central Library:
Steel for this building has now reached its highest point, with completion of steel work on this rooftop structure.

Highest Point:

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George Black House & Brickyard Museum:
A new project, reported by City Beat last week. State lawmaker Evelyn Terry is engaging preservation experts to push forward a plan to restore the George Black House and Brickyard. The property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. An historic marker was erected in front of the house. This project has attracted the interest of Theaster Gates, a potter and professor at the University of Chicago, who has used the arts as a catalyst to renovate derelict buildings on Chicago’s south side.

Famous brick maker, George Black, was the son of former slaves. He walked to Winston-Salem from rural Randolph County in 1889. He worked various odd jobs and learned how to make bricks. Black’s hand-made bricks were used in restorations in Old Salem, Colonial Williamsburg, Wachovia bank branches, and fine homes on the city's west side. Prior to his death at the age of 101 in 1980, Black was sent by President Nixon to Guyana to teach brick making.

800 Mill Apartments Retail & Office:
According to WSTB forum member TwinCity, Chatham Manufacturing Adaptive Reuse is now called 800 Mill. I will change the name on our main page to 800 Mill Apartments Retail & Office.


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Davie Medical Center Expansion:
This project held its official topping-out ceremony, yesterday. Weather delayed the placement of the last steel beam.

Off-Subject:
The big festivals, over the weekend, were RiverRun International Film Festival and a massive food truck festival that grows each year. If you're thinking of visiting this week, be sure to attend Phuzz Phest indie music festival and also you can visit this year's Winston-Salem Light Project, which will be an art event in a tunnel, near the hotels, in Twin City Quarter. The Light Project starts today!


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One of the largest food truck festivals in the state:

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More from the massive food truck festival (festival season is here!):

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[BrandedCow]

- I see a lot of red clay northeast of the downtown core. Are they starting a new project?

[TwinCity]

^thats 757 North - 105 new apartments in Goler.

A few photos to go with this great thread...

[Matthew]

Those are a nice addition to this thread!

Projects & Construction:

Bookmarks Headquarters & Bookstore:
Bookmarks Literary Arts is looking for a downtown building to renovate as their new headquarters. The new building will have office space, event space, and they will create a new independent bookstore in the building's retail space. The project will require a $400,000 fundraiser and could happen in the next six months. The new headquarters appears to be connected to their need for a retail space, to start their bookstore? “This dedicated retail space will help us draw more award-winning and best-selling authors to Winston-Salem and the Triad area. We see literary-arts programming continuing to grow its role in our community - connecting, challenging, informing, and entertaining us,” said Ginger Hendricks, executive director of Bookmarks. Bookmarks presents the largest free book festival in North Carolina, author events, authors in the schools, and more. They have year-round events, but are best known for their huge downtown book festival. Profits from the independent bookstore will help pay for their huge downtown book festival and their many programs. The board of directors has pledged financial support, and outside fundraising efforts are starting. Corporate sponsorships, naming opportunities and individual donations are being accepted.

They will likely need a large building for this project, since it contains office space, event space, and retail space. What building do you think they will select?

Central Library:


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Pepper Building Hotel or Apartments?
The current owner/developer is addressing issues found in the due diligence assessment.


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418 North Marshall Street:
Lambert Architecture was selected by developers Bill Benton and Leslie Baker as the architect for this adaptive reuse project. They will convert the building into a multi-tenant office building, to fill the growing need for more office space in downtown Winston-Salem. Lambert Architecture will also move their headquarters to the second floor of this downtown building on April 22. Yes, the architectural firm is moving-in before the space is fully renovated. Lambert is the Triad region's third largest architectural firm. The two largest architectural firms in the Triad are CJMW, which is headquartered at One Salem Tower in downtown Winston-Salem and Walter Robbs, which is headquartered in Trader's Row in downtown Winston-Salem's Arts District. With this move, Winston-Salem's five largest architecture firms are now downtown.

Undergraduate Science & Engineering Center:


Credit: Create Your City

Late night photographs provide a nice view of construction progress inside the buildings:

Credit: Kait Neely

Brett commented on how beautiful this park is:

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Twin City Lofts Condominiums:


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New Jobs:
The Wooten Company is opening a Triad office in Winston-Salem. They are planners and engineers. If you are looking for a job in planning or engineering, Wooten is hiring!

Kimpton's Cardinal Hotel & Residences:
The architect and one of the contractors have said the hotel will open on Tuesday, April 26, and hold its grand opening on Wednesday, April 27. Yes, next week! The grand opening for the restaurant is May 2. Several noteworthy people, including state tourism executives, will speak at the opening. The state is viewing this hotel's opening as a big event for North Carolina. They are also offering tours to the public, until 4 p.m.,. According to the reports, Kimpton has hotels in 27 cities in the United States, including Winston-Salem. This is one of Kimpton's uniquely named properties, too. And there fewer cities that have one of these hotels from Kimpton. You need to reserve your room and any meeting space as early as possible. They appear to be doing very well and the building is still under construction! As of last week, a third of the meeting space dates are filled and they are still hearing from people interested in reserving the meeting space.

Kimpton's Cardinal Hotel was also in Wine Enthusiast: http://www.winemag.com/recipe/seared...pepper-relish/


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1979 "Happy 50th Anniversary, Dad" card from the Empire State Building:

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It's the Father of the Empire State Building and the only building with any proof to back its claims.


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Front Desk and Employee Office:
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One of the meeting rooms, filled with hotel employees: (The room's theme is connected to Winston-Salem once being the southeast's banking center)
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Area outside the meeting rooms:
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A look at the color-changing LED lights (do they stay on all the time?):

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Ground floor lights (taken from the background of a photograph):

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We don't see many photographs of the entrance and this is our first look at the new first floor exterior lighting.

Bailey Power Plant - Building 23-1 & Grounds:


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Bailey Park Phase II:


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An aerial from April 7: (notice the progress compared to newer images above)

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Bowman Gray Medical Education Building:
Downtown's new medical school is looking great!


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Imagine what it will be like next year for the medical, science & engineering students, having events like this in the park below them:

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I'm sure this location and all of the events, restaurants, bars, bicycle infrastructure, industrial lofts, etc., will be a major attraction for students selecting which university to attend.

Winston-Salem Light Project:
This is a huge sculptural lighting art event, made possible by Winston-Salem resident and famous light artist Norman Coates, held every year in the spring. It involves design and construction of a new project, each year. I think it should be discussed as a construction project. This is a "must see" in downtown Winston-Salem and will bring attention to this pedestrian connector park, which is about to be completely rebuilt (see more, below).


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Alternative Transportation:

Rails-to-Trails Bicycle Commuter Highway:
Though it was already under construction, they held an official ground breaking, last week.


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Interesting Quotes:

Originally Posted by Paul Herberling - US Department of Transportation

10 percent of all trips are on foot. That number rises to 28 percent for trips under one mile.

Originally Posted by National Association of Realtors

79 percent of Americans (even higher for those under 35) want to live in a place that’s walkable.

Pedestrian Connector Renovation:
The first meeting and presentation for this project is today, at 4 p.m.,. Visit the DWSP office.

Off-Subject:

Dance Festival:
This is a festival I didn't know about. Several locations in downtown Winston-Salem will host a dance festival, with pop-up locations, rooftop performances, and courtyard performances. Classes will also be offered. This is May 5-7 and will have local and national performers. Even if you don't like dance, you can access different rooftops at this festival and look down on many of the construction projects discussed here.

Random Photographs:

San Francisco rock band "Thee Oh Sees" in downtown Winston-Salem's IQ District:

Credit: Jeremy Thorne

BBQ Biergarten in downtown Winston-Salem's IQ District:

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ARTivity on the Green:

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The weatherman, from WFMY 2 (CBS), took these:

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The IQ District:

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[Matthew]

Projects & Construction:

Kimpton's Cardinal Hotel & Residences:
Kimpton's Cardinal Hotel opens this week! We may only have two more weeks of updates, before it's officially completed (the restaurant opens next month)? The largest suite is a 1,800 square foot Presidential Suite! The hotel has partnered with Winston-Salem's own UNC School of the Arts to provide entertainment for guests in the living room area. Expect everything from music to artwork (created on site) to light theater. The Reynolda House archivist may also visit regularly to provide talks and stories of the history of the building and Winston-Salem. Very awesome.


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Rooftop Deck:

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Official Ribbon Cutting - April 25 (Grand Opening is April 27)

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Hotel Indigo:
Another boutique hotel to follow on our thread! This update is from WSTB forum member CamCityFan. An inside source said the Pepper Building's owner has reached an agreement to sell the Art Deco Pepper Building to InterContinental Hotels Group and it will become a boutique hotel called Hotel Indigo. Hotel Indigos are unique to their location and often reuse historic buildings. Hotel Indigo wants their guests to have a "local" experience at their hotels. As you may remember, this building was in the process of being converted to micro apartments, when a boutique hotel operator made an offer to buy it. It appears as if InterContinental Hotels Group has it under contract, right now! The former Courthouse Square / Merschel Plaza part of downtown Winston-Salem could soon have 400-450 hotel rooms, all opening between 2016-2018. Yes, just that one small part of downtown with that many new hotel rooms and most of those rooms are in boutique hotels. An amazing transformation for the former Courthouse Square / Merschel Plaza area! #CityOfAdaptiveReuse

The future Hotel Indigo in downtown Winston-Salem:

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Did you know: The Phoenix Hotel was located at this site from 1893 to 1927 and was demolished to build the Pepper Building, which was completed in October 1928. Yes, a hotel is returning to this corner.

Future Hotel Indigo Lobby Ceiling:

Credit: David E. Gall Architects

New Headquarters:
Vios Nutrition is Winston-Salem's newest headquarters. They have leased office space at 751 West Fourth for the new headquarters. They also held a big event at Graylyn International Conference Center.

Multi-storey Publix with Parking Deck:
Publix has announced the grand opening for their 4-storey, full-sized, grocery store, with parking under the store. It will open May 11, at 7 a.m.,.

I count 4 floors and I see a balcony on the 4th floor! (notice the balcony door above the building's signage)
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U.S. Olympic Cycling Training Center:
I would prefer to see an interior update on construction. With adaptive reuse, there usually isn't much to see from the outside.


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West End Mill Works:
Opening in June!


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1834 Nissen Wagon Works:
This is becoming a much larger project, so it's time to change the name to reflect that. You've heard a greenway is planned to pass through the complex and you've heard residents want a library, with easy pedestrian access, in this complex. Plans are now expanding to include that "easy to walk or bike to" library, along with retail and restaurants. Winston-Salem City Council is currently examining the proposal, which will also require Forsyth County to become involved. This should complete the adaptive reuse of the entire Nissen Wagon Works complex. #CityOfAdaptiveReuse

Twin City Lofts Condominiums:

A nice wednesday evening to look at the construction:

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Whitaker Park Mixed-use Project:
Chrysallis/RTB is the first biotech tenant to move into this complex, at the 95 West 32nd Street Building. They had a grand opening and an open house, to show their new lab to the press, last week. 95 West 32nd Street is an 80,000 square foot wet-lab building, renovated by Frank L. Blum Construction. The company expects to fill nearly all of the lab building, with 200 employees, in 18 months.

There are still 1.72 million square feet of old industrial buildings to be converted to a mix of uses and 700,000 square feet of new construction is also planned. So, this massive mixed-use adaptive reuse project stays on our construction list.

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Unnamed Residential:
Designed by Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Company. The General Contractor is Frank L. Blum Construction. 224 residential units. Completion in January 2017. This will be a Post Modern design, to appear as if it's from the early 1900s.


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Downtown Housing:
There are around 3,200 downtown residential units proposed or about to start.

Bailey Park Phase II:
Workers will finish Phase II of this park by the end of this week! It looks great! I'm excited about Phase III, which we could learn more about at the end of this year.

One of the best photographs I've seen of Bailey Park's second phase:

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Bailey Business Center - Building 23-2: (Bailey Power Plant Project)


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Bowman Gray Medical Education Building:
This is a great view of the courtyard construction at Wake Forest University's downtown medical school. You can also see Bailey Park, Bailey Power Plant, and the Science & Engineering Center.


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NoTra Mixed-use Building:
This project has changed. It's now a mixed-use building, with ground-level retail space; second floor office space; and third floor residential space, with roof access. We also have a new rendering. According to the GC, they have construction permits.


Credit: Frank L. Blum Construction

Off-Subject:
It's important to note: There are more festivals and events than what is shared in this thread. As an example, there was a comic-con last weekend. I only highlight a few interesting events in this space. This is more of a construction and proposals thread and not a place to learn about festivals. To see everything that is happening, check with other downtown event sources. If you're visiting to see the construction, please do plan your visit around a festival you may like.

Did You Know:
Winston-Salem isn't just "The 336." It's also "The 743." The metro does have 10 digit dialing. If you see 743 in real estate ads, that is a local number.
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On Site / In Sight Downtown Dance Festival:
This is the dance festival I talked about, last week. It could present a good opportunity to access rooftops and other sites for interesting downtown construction photographs and it could also be fun.


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Walk & Roll Open Streets Festival:
The bicycle is the most efficient form of urban transportation and the City of Winston-Salem would like you to try cycling around downtown. This is the largest of Winston-Salem's open streets events. It's an actual open streets festival, yes a festival! There are several smaller open streets events throughout the year, but this event is big, with live music, food trucks, a bicycle parade, bicycle themed performances, free bike repair, bike safety, learn how to load your bike on regional buses, see bicycle equipment you may be interested in, bicycle science exhibits, a bike rodeo, and much more. As you can see, it's a family friendly event. This is scheduled for next Sunday, at 1 p.m., in downtown's IQ District.

Don't forget to talk with your employer about Bike to Work Week events (May 9-13). The city can also help you organize these events at 336-747-6884 Try the new bicycle infrastructure you've read about in this thread and have fun!

Random Photographs:


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[Matthew]

Projects & Construction:

Kimpton's Cardinal Hotel & Residences: Built!
I will miss not posting on this project. It was likely my favorite. But, we will soon have another boutique hotel adaptive reuse project, in an Art Deco building, to follow! I am excited about that! We can also spend the night in this completed building or visit the restaurant; which is the great news this thread brings to you this week! According to Kimpton, this is the first hotel in the world with a recreation room. It includes a slide, bowling, basketball, and much more. There seems to be a large amount of excitement, statewide, for this hotel. Including state tourism officials traveling to Winston-Salem to help open the hotel. As usual, when a construction project in this thread is completed... a huge photography post is made to celebrate completion! Lets celebrate completion SSP style!

First Wine Hour:

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The Bar:

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Art Deco Inspired Restaurant:

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The restaurant's official opening was yesterday.


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A look at the lighting:

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Presentation of the card from the Empire State Building, seen in a previous post:
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New light fixture in the lobby:
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Restaurant Bar:
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First Guests (person with a phone in his shirt pocket):

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Kimpton CEO Mike DeFrino receives the Happy 50th Anniversary Dad card, sent from the Empire State Building:

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Bar floor:

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You can see where the "Happy 50th Anniversary Dad, from the Empire State Building" card will go:
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The ceiling looks rough, where the smoke rings were removed:
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The missing smoke rings I spoke of, as they appeared in 1929:

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I'm not sure when or why the silver smoke rings were removed from the lobby ceiling? I was hoping Kimpton would restore them. Years ago, it was a feature many visitors to the building loved. The Empire State Building also has details like this on their ceiling. I'm guessing the smoke rings were removed in the 1982-1984 renovation?

Front desk:
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Hotel livingroom:
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You can see where the entrance lights were raised and the awning doesn't have glass (unfinished!):

Credit: DWSP

Rooftop Amenity Area (future pool site):

Credit: Ronald Hunter

The cars are the same age as the building:

Credit: Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants


Credit: Rebekah Rhoden

I think workers still haven't installed the glass in the front awning and I think they have more signage to install, so maybe I can post another update on this project? Maybe.

Bowman Gray Medical Education Building & Courtyard:
A nice update on Wake Forest University's new downtown medical school.

Square-shaped light fixtures:

Credit: Kevin Thomas Boyd

Union Station & Streetcar Yard:


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Bailey Power Plant Grounds:


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757 North Apartments:


Credit: Sarah Howell

HanesBrands:
HanesBrands is buying Pacific Brands of Australia for $800 million in cash. HanesBrands is Winston-Salem's third largest Fortune 500 company.

Multi-storey Publix with Parking Deck:
Workers are currently stocking the shelves, preparing to open North Carolina's first urban format Publix store.

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Winston-Salem - Best Cities to Start a Small Business:
WalletHub has ranked Winston-Salem a great place to open a small business. The 2016 rankings of the best cities to start a small business is based on factors including what resources and financing options are available, longevity of existing small businesses and long-term survival rate of small businesses.

Bailey Business Center - Building 23-2:


Credit: Jen O.

500 West Fifth Street:
This is the month when Grubb Properties could close on this property?


Credit: Devin_Purgason

Bailey Park Phase II:
We should know soon when this phase of the park will officially open. It is still closed-off with construction fencing. I think they are finishing the landscaping?


Credit: Way Up Digital Media


Credit: Way Up Digital Media

Forsyth County Courthouse:
On May 9, Forsyth County will vote to seek an option to purchase a site at Third and Liberty streets for a new courthouse. The option will expire December 31. This is Piedmont Federal Bank's building in downtown Winston-Salem. The bank is considering constructing a new mixed-use building beside the Pepper Building (Future Hotel Indigo).

Twin City Lofts Condominiums:


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Undergraduate Science & Engineering Center:
I would like to see the spandrels rebuilt and the last windows installed before USA Cycling's national championship events take place, later this month. A spot on the United States Olympic Cycling Team will be awarded at this event. The multiple cycling events are expected to attract 40,000 to 50,000 visitors, from around the world, to downtown Winston-Salem. It would be nice to have the exterior completed for the visitors and maybe turn-on the exterior lighting, which was tested a few months ago.


Credit: Kevin Thomas Boyd

Alternative Transportation:

Cycling Research:
Winston-Salem researcher and cyclist Alain Bertoni will conduct research to see if there are barriers or facilitators to cycling in Winston-Salem's African-American community. "Our future goal is to potentially do a project in which we encourage cycling as a means of improving health. In our country, the typical demographic of cycling in a lot of studies is men more than women, upper socioeconomic status more than lower socioeconomic status, and whites more than blacks.” Bertoni has applied for and received funding for a pilot study he hopes to begin this spring, interviewing 20 to 40 African-American families about whether they ride.

U.S. Bicycle Route 80:
Local leaders would like to complete the segment connecting Salem Lake to Kernersville and the county line in the next ten years.

Volunteers Needed - USA Cycling National Championships:
If you would like to help with the USA Cycling National Championships and the Winston-Salem Cycling Classic, send an email to info@winstonsalemcycling.com You will receive free concert tickets to the Gears and Guitars Downtown Music Festival and I think they have a free T-shirt.

Salem Creek Greenway Extension:
This project would connect the bicycle paths in lower downtown to Forsyth Tech. No start date has been set for this 1.17 mile project, which would complete the connection of all of Winston-Salem's colleges & universities by bicycle and connect them all to downtown.

U.S. Olympic Cycling Training Center:
Do you want to support the National Cycling Center construction project and meet cycling celebrities? Here is your chance! The NCC will have a VIP Ride with Bob Roll, Robbie Ventura, George Hincapie and Christian Vande Velde through some of the most beautiful terrain in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County. Sign up now for VIP Packages for this ride and other events during May 24-30. Proceeds benefit USA Cycling's under construction National Cycling Center in downtown Winston-Salem, a 501c3 not for profit organization.

Off-Subject:

Concrete Canvas Mural Fest:
Don't forget to attend the mural festival, this Saturday, at ARTivity on the Green. Watch artists paint ARTivity's 2016 murals. The event will have live music, food trucks, and more.

Random Photographs:

Our thread's garden lovers will absolutely love this structure from last weekend's Beyond the Garden Tour!

Credit: Kaycie Karpinski

Colonial and Early American Homes (U.S. Landmark District):

Credit: Christian Manuel

It was a rainy weekend in the region:

Credit: Aba

115+ years ago, if your home had electricty, you were proud of it and it was displayed as framed art:

Credit: citiography

Great view from Hilltop House Apartments (I like rain!):

Credit: Ryan Donovan

[Matthew]

Projects & Construction:

Mill 800 "Apartments": Built!
The first phase of this project is officially completed. It was actually completed about a month ago! As usual, this thread will have a big photography post to celebrate completion of the first phase (apartments). However, this project has a second phase (office & retail), so it will remain on our construction list. The second phase will add 60,000 square feet of office space and it will also add retail space. If you want an apartment in this adaptive reuse project, you need to lease now!

Lounge:

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This is an old photograph, from February. Does anyone have an updated look at this room?

Credit: Mill 800

Multi-Storey Publix With Parking Deck:
It has the height of a 4 or 5 storey building, but I really can't tell for sure how many floors it has? Maybe we will have our answer tomorrow, during the official grand opening? We could see our last post on this building, next week?


Credit: BHHS Carolinas

Bailey Park Phase II:
The park's grand opening could be set for this weekend?

This is an old photograph from last month, but it shows details we haven't seen (the Belgium Block & long stone walkway to the water wall):

Credit: wb256

This photograph is from April 14, but shows an angle we haven't seen:

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Undergraduate Science & Engineering Center:


Credit: Helen Simoneau

West End Mill Works:


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Bailey Business Center - Building 23-2 (Bailey Power Plant Complex):
According to Whiting-Turner Contracting, we can expect to see more workers on the site at the end of this month or next month, as construction "ramps-up" on Building 23-2.


Credit: Helen Simoneau

Bailey Power Plant Building 23-1:
The Business Journal in Raleigh is reporting that Greg Hatem of Empire Properties, who was reported at WSTB as the developer of Bailey Power Plant's Building 23-1, is working on plans to expand his renovation and restaurant businesses into downtown Winston-Salem. We are close to officially confirming Empire Properties and Empire Eats as the developer for Bailey Power Plant's Building 23-1. It also appears as if Empire Properties and Empire Eats is looking at other buildings in downtown Winston-Salem, as well?

Expect a design change, when it's officially announced:

Credit: Design Collective

Twin City Lofts Condominiums:

We can see the new windows, on the west facade, from this view: (look for scaffolding in the middle of the photograph)

Credit: roedigerhouse

Wise Man Brewing - Brewery, Office Space, & Music Venue:
Workers are currently installing the plumbing, sprinklers, and windows. Their custom tables are completed. Wise Man would like to move-in their brewing equipment by the end of this month.


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Custom tables for Wise Man Brewing:

Credit: Wise Man Brewing

Alternative Transportation:

Rails-to-Trails Bicycle Commuter Highway:

A beautiful Sunday morning look at the project. It will become Winston-Salem's "High Line":

Credit: Paul Davis

Off-Subject:

Cycling Week:
The biggest cycling event in the United States. I wish I could attend. Not only will this event include the national championships, it also includes one of only two Union Cycliste Internationale 1.1 events in the Americas and a spot on the US Olympic Team will be awarded at this event. It also includes a huge music festival, featuring top music acts selected by cyclists. The music festival requires tickets or you can volunteer and receive free tickets.


Credit: DWSP

Random Photographs:

Downtown street festivals are nothing new for Winston-Salem. I've seen photographs of street festivals in Winston-Salem, dating back nearly half a century. The many downtown festivals you see today really are a part of this city's identity.

Carolina Streetscene Arts Festival in 1978:

Credit: Southern Living Magazine 1978

As we talk about a developer buying the Pepper Building to convert it to a Hotel Indigo, it's interesting to see it in 1978.

This structure is over a century old:

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Credit: Becky Bush

Protesting in the rain:

Credit: NC Union Movement

Protesting in downtown:

Credit: Andrew Dye

[Matthew]

Projects & Construction:

Multi-Storey Publix With Parking Deck: Built!
The answer appears to be 3-storeys, with the height of a 5-storey building? I'm still not 100% sure, though? One thing we can be sure of: It is one the largest Publix stores, at 53,800 square feet of retail space. Yes, around 4,500 to 8,250 square feet larger than their average store. The Winston-Salem location could be their largest store, since I can't find a larger store on their lists? If it's not the largest, it is one of the largest. The second floor does feature an outdoor eating area with a skyline view, so be sure to take advantage of that! As the first and largest Publix in the area, it appears as if this is the Triad region headquarters for the store, which likely explains the expanded office? Store employees reported about half of the customers, on opening day, were people who moved to Winston-Salem from Florida. The search for photographs for this update also seems to confirm this. This is likely our last post on this store. Please remember, we only followed construction of this grocery store due to it being an urban format store. Unless it's an urban format grocery store, you can't post it here. If you like grocery stores: We will likely follow the proposed downtown grocery store at First & Green streets, at the base of a luxury apartment building, since it's also an urban format store and part of a mixed-use residential-retail-hotel-office development.

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It's so tall for a grocery store! Yes, it's just a single-use grocery store!

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Now you know why we followed it!


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SciWorks Downtown:
SciWorks is seeking $7.5 million from the state budget, to help pay for a new museum on Third Street in downtown.

AFAS Center for the Arts:
Say goodbye to this parking lot! The new arts center doesn't have any parking, so I guess this is a car-free development?

Demolition & Grading work:

Credit: DWSP

Bailey Power Plant:
rmhpmi at WSTB forum is reporting roof work could start in maybe two weeks on all three buildings (Morris, 23-1, & 23-2).


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Bailey Park Phase II:
It appears as if they changed their mind about the color and used a dark gray or black, which matches the handrails. This construction project was completed yesterday afternoon, but they haven't turned the water wall on, as of this time. rmhpmi at WSTB forum is reporting the water wall was covered. I'm guessing they wanted to hide yesterday's testing, so they could have a big reveal to celebrate completion? Maybe they will turn it on this week or this weekend? I'm guessing we may have just one more update on this construction project?


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325 North Broad Street:
The developers will have completed plans and permitting for a structure in two years and that structure must be 50% completed in three years, with full completion in four years. I suspect the rendering we have is a place holder image, to show what a development on that site could look like? I expect to see a new rendering in 18-24 months.

527 North:
You're asking about it and here it is! I haven't forgotten about this project. I have seen several updates for this project, but haven't posted them, since they are all exterior photographs. As you can see, the exterior hasn't changed in the past few months. All of the work is on the interior at this time. This is a common problem, when updating the forum on adaptive reuse projects. I would love to see the inside, if anyone has any interior updates. A past interior update is posted on the previous page. Maybe they will start work on the exterior, in the near future?


Credit: DWSP

Law Firm for Entrepreneurs Opens Downtown:
The Forrest Firm, a law firm for entrepreneurs, research & technology companies, and non-profits, has opened an office in downtown Winston-Salem's IQ District, to better serve clients in Central and Western North Carolina.

Bowman Gray Medical Education Building:
Wake Forest University's downtown medical school will open very soon. It looks great with it's neighboring buildings. The university is expected to begin their move-in, next month?

525@Vine and the under construction downtown medical school:

Credit: Leslie

Hotel Indigo (Pepper Building):
Yes, work has stopped and the apartment developer didn't finish interior demolition, before this new hotel developer made an offer and recently placed it under contract! This is a look at what the boutique hotel developer is buying. We haven't seen an interior view of this building in a long time! Thank you Evan! From what I've seen, over the past year or two, I don't think there were more than two workers demolishing the interior and I think work stopped and started many times. Maybe this hotel developer can bring-in more workers and complete this renovation?

Sub-basement (former 1920s Art Deco department store's storage area):

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Upper Floors:

Credit: jack_mcfly

Basement (former 1920s Art Deco department store's Clearance Floor):

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Twin City Lofts Condominiums:
The very popular Downtown Gold's Gym is now closed, with just one day notice. The condo developers bought-out the gym's lease, so they could sign a new "unnamed" tenant they are already in talks with. This should start the ground floor renovation. The gym leased the ground floor and basement. The real estate agent, representing the project, said he hasn't been told what will fill the space, but has been assured that it "will be something that engages with Fourth Street to a high degree. Based on how plugged in the developers are (both to downtown and the commercial real-estate world), chances are good that it will be a very good addition to downtown.” As you may remember, the gym was among the amenities for the condos.

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Performance Place Renovation:
Money is being raised to renovate Performance Place. The multi-theatre and rehearsal studio complex was built in 1988. So far, they have about $7.9 million for the renovation, including a $5 million donation. The project hasn't been officially announced. When it is officially announced, we should know the total cost of the renovation. Since this complex has several theatres and other spaces, it could be a very expensive renovation? I will add this to our proposals list, to follow in this thread.

Plaza Building & Galleria:
Workers are installing new signage and are doing exterior work. Yes, we can easily see what they are doing, now! It should take a month to install the new LED signs. The 11-12 year old old neon signs will be recycled. The old signs contain 11,000 pounds of material. These new signs are larger, with the new logo rising 14 feet (4.25 meters) in height and the RAI letters rising 10 feet (3 meters). The corporate name will be 8 feet (2.4 meters) tall. The signs will be lit 24/7, with a special night illumination and a pigeon remediation control system used when workers arrive and leave the building. The signage contract is nearly $400,000.

Photograph taken minutes before a strong thunderstorm arrived in downtown:

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"Unfinished" New Sign (May 16):

Credit: Eastwood

Wise Man Brewing - Brewery, Office Space, & Music Venue:
Wise Man Brewing has TTB approval!


Credit: Wise Man Brewing

NoTra Mixed-use Building:
Construction should begin in four weeks.

U.S. Olympic Cycling Training Center:


Credit: Susan Smith

Alternative Transportation:

Light Rail:
The recently approved (by planning board) Southwest Area Plan includes one of the proposed light rail (LRT) stations and is pushing for mixed-use walkable development around the proposed rail transit station. This plan also recommends taller buildings near Hawthorne Hill. I think the next and final step is Council approval? These plans are used in part of the approval process for new construction proposals.

Rails-to-Trails Bicycle Commuter Highway:
Finn the Corgi has an update to share on Winston-Salem's new "High Line" project. It should be fully open by April 2017. I guess if you live or work in the neighboring buildings, you can walk out onto the elevated park's construction site? It's great to see the project from the elevated rail line, instead of in the distance. Thank you for the update, Finn!


Credit: Finn

Off-Subject:

Explore Metro Winston-Salem's Trails:
Have you wanted to learn more about the many trails and mountain hiking/backpacking opportunities in the Winston-Salem Metro Area? This is your chance! Trail expert Randy Propster will host a 75-minute interactive media presentation in downtown Winston-Salem today, at 6:30 p.m.,. The event takes place at Mast General Store on Trade Street. Winston-Salem has very beautiful and interesting terrain, both in the city and throughout its metro area. If you live here or go to school here, go out and explore the mountains, trails, rivers, and lakes!

Random Photographs:

An apprentice at The Olio Glassblowing Studio:

Credit: Andrew Dye

4th Street's Restaurant Row:

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I have to see this warehouse renovation, on my next visit! It's a downtown market and live music venue.

[TarHeelJ]

Ok I have to ask...where did you get the rule that something that isn't urban (i.e. a non-urban format grocery store) can't be posted here? I was thinking that this is a development thread, not an URBAN development thread...but you're practically the only one who posts new information so I guess you get to decide.

I'm not complaining, but other city threads include metro area development and definitely include non-urban specific developments. If this were to be anything exclusive I would think it might be limited to skyscraper and high rise development since the forum title is skyscraperpage.com?

By the way, your updates here are truly appreciated!

[Matthew]

It's not my rule. It's the forum's rule.

Originally Posted by SkyscraperPage

City Compilations -
To report and discuss highrise and other urban development projects occurring in your city

I read other cities threads in this section and I've seen where moderators have said to post non-urban developments in the Regional Sections. For Winston-Salem, that would be the Southeast forum. WSTB also has multiple sections for those discussions, with more posting forum members from Winston-Salem than we have here. I think the definition of "city" on this forum is the metro area? Other cities post their entire metro area's "urban" developments in their threads, so we do too. In this thread, you can post "urban" developments from anywhere in the Winston-Salem Metro Area, which includes Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Stokes, Yadkin, ...and maybe Surry County, (though that county is not technically in the metro) however the developments must be urban-style developments. We are following an urban-style mixed-use TOD development from Lexington, in this thread, which is a good example of Winston-Salem Metro projects you can post that are outside the city limits. I also like to include a few "noteworthy" projects, like something from Union Cross, a brewery, or maybe a large vineyard related project. I try not to include the restaurants opening downtown, unless they are very noteworthy or part of a larger project. I may add them to Off-Subject. I sometimes feel as if I need to make a case for following these projects, though. When in doubt, I may ask: Would someone from another state be interested in this? If I think the answer is yes or maybe, I'll post it.

Speaking of that Publix:
This is one of only five Publix stores with this design. That explains why it's so big and looks so unusual. According to the Journal, customers entering the store don't see groceries when they enter. Instead, they see prepared foods. The store has a cafe, breakfast & sandwich bar and deli, prepared foods cases, asian hot bar, sushi bar, hot and cold food bar, flowers, and a bakery. The higher end demographics impacted their decision to make this the ultimate take-out Publix store, which is described as multiple restaurants/cafes with groceries in the middle. It also has indoor and outdoor seating, with a skyline view, and free wi-fi.

[TarHeelJ]

Originally Posted by Matthew

It's not my rule. It's the forum's rule.



I read other cities threads in this section and I've seen where moderators have said to post non-urban developments in the Regional Sections. For Winston-Salem, that would be the Southeast forum. WSTB also has multiple sections for those discussions, with more posting forum members from Winston-Salem than we have here. I think the definition of "city" on this forum is the metro area? Other cities post their entire metro area's "urban" developments in their threads, so we do too. In this thread, you can post "urban" developments from anywhere in the Winston-Salem Metro Area, which includes Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Stokes, Yadkin, ...and maybe Surry County, (though that county is not technically in the metro) however the developments must be urban-style developments. We are following an urban-style mixed-use TOD development from Lexington, in this thread, which is a good example of Winston-Salem Metro projects you can post that are outside the city limits. I also like to include a few "noteworthy" projects, like something from Union Cross, a brewery, or maybe a large vineyard related project. I try not to include the restaurants opening downtown, unless they are very noteworthy or part of a larger project. I may add them to Off-Subject. I sometimes feel as if I need to make a case for following these projects, though. When in doubt, I may ask: Would someone from another state be interested in this? If I think the answer is yes or maybe, I'll post it.

Speaking of that Publix:
This is one of only five Publix stores with this design. That explains why it's so big and looks so unusual. According to the Journal, customers entering the store don't see groceries when they enter. Instead, they see prepared foods. The store has a cafe, breakfast & sandwich bar and deli, prepared foods cases, asian hot bar, sushi bar, hot and cold food bar, flowers, and a bakery. The higher end demographics impacted their decision to make this the ultimate take-out Publix store, which is described as multiple restaurants/cafes with groceries in the middle. It also has indoor and outdoor seating, with a skyline view, and free wi-fi.

Okay...I guess since you post the majority of development info in this thread you can decide what is urban enough to be posted. It's still a pretty subjective subject and is often controversial - like the several page discussion about the Fuqua development in Atlanta; some consider it urban enough while others consider it anti-urban, but it's still posted and discussed. Avalon in Alpharetta is controversial too...it's urban for that area but not for other areas.

There isn't much participation here to start with, so I would think you might welcome others to post information without judgment on whether it's urban enough for you. Anyway, I've said my piece. Carry on.

[Matthew]

There's more than enough development happening in Winston-Salem that I feel I can ban all discussion on strip malls and non-urban format restaurants & box stores from this thread. I'm open to posting other things here and I haven't stopped anyone in the past from posting projects I usually don't post. I will enforce the strip mall & non-urban format restaurant/store ban, though. Exceptions can be made for famous architects or horrible downtown designs or unusual designs, as examples, but that will be case-by-case. I think this is a great compromise. I haven't seen anyone in this thread post on those banned projects or ask about them, so the ban should be a non-issue. This is an opportunity for someone to start Winston-Salem discussion in the Southeast Section of SSP, where I think non-urban format stores/restaurants would see a larger audience and Winston-Salem currently doesn't have a presence. I don't follow those projects, so it would have to be someone other than me.

There are several projects we could follow on this thread, but I don't know about them. Good examples are adaptive reuse projects in the smaller cities in Winston-Salem's Metro Area and college/university projects. I know we are missing a few of them and yes, they would likely appear on this thread's front page, as projects we are following, if I knew about them. So, register, log-in, and tell us about them!

Projects & Construction:

New Biotech Headquarters:
The Carolina Tissue Collaborative has purchased a building from the City of Winston-Salem to become their new headquarters. This new headquarters will become the world's largest repository of biological samples used for research. Most of the samples are used for cancer research.

Plaza Building & Galleria:
New signage is completed on the west facade and workers are currently replacing the signage on the north facade. Restaurant work is beginning.


Credit: Susan Smith

North facade, taken yesterday (Are they cleaning the building, too?):

Credit: Wings Over Winston

Passageway Park:
According to NextCity, Pedestrian Connector is now called "Passageway Park." The name will be changed on the main page. The pocket park will have lighter, airier landscaping. Trees will be tall trees that provide shade without blocking visibility. The pocket park will have improved lighting to allow for better visibility, and while they can’t remove the dogleg, the design team will add some sort of art installation with video screens or mirrors, to improve visibility. DWSP is looking at programming, such as encouraging art students to think of the space as a place to rehearse or busk and DWSP will invite food carts and other retail to the pocket park. An engineering firm is preparing the construction documents. Jason Thiel, of DWSP, said this will be one of many downtown projects focusing on walkability and connectivity; so expect to see several more of these projects, on this thread, in the near future.


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Creative Startups Southeast:
New Mexico based Creative Startups is launching a business accelerator program for the Southeast United States in downtown Winston-Salem's IQ District. This world-class program has raised money to offer as angel or venture capital to creative-driven companies to help build Winston-Salem's creative economy. This is a Southeast regional headquarters. Creative Startups has locations in Albuquerque and Winston-Salem and will soon expand to Portugal. Other cities, around the world, are also interested. The program will offer the opportunity for 10 to 12 teams to participate in an eight-week program based around Stanford University's entrepreneurship curriculum that includes a five-day "deep dive" with the teams working one-on-one with creative leaders. Alice Loy, a co-founder of Creative Startups, said "We are excited to bring Creative Startups to the Southeast. Our goal is to accelerate success and inspire the next generation of entrepreneurial creative businesses." Startup Beat Magazine reported on this opening and said "While the concept of startup accelerators is becoming increasingly popular, Creative Startups is unique in that it focuses solely on the teaching and mentoring of the creative industries with mentorship from successful entrepreneurs whose core skills are based in the creative industries. These industries cover a wide range of sectors, including design, gaming, software, film, music, publishing, performance arts, visual arts, new media, video, museums and education technology. Creative Startups’ mentors include musicians, filmmakers, designers, branding experts, and investors who invest in creative businesses."

With this lease, I'm guessing all of the space in the BioMed Realty buildings on Vine Street is 100% leased?

Quarry Park:
A rare update on this project, from the architect.


Credit: STITCH Design Shop

Undergraduate Science & Engineering Center:


Credit: Brad Clark

Forsyth County Courthouse:
Three options were presented to commissioners. The Forsyth County Bar Association is supporting the two options that would construct a new 10-13 storey building that is 332,000 square feet in size. The most support, from those who would work in the building, is for the Second Street site. George Cleland IV said, “We think Mr Robbs has done a terrific job, and his presentation made clear that while a renovation might be feasible, it would disrupt the operation of the court system, it would take at least a year and a half longer to complete, and the final product would amount to little more than making do for another 20 years." Renovating and expanding the existing building would cost around $112 million. The tallest proposed option for a new building would construct a building up to 13 storeys in height on Second Street, with a bridge or tunnel connecting it to the twin-towers detention center complex. This would cost $145 million, cause the least disruption and offer secure parking. The shorter of the new construction proposals would build a $142 million building with up to 12-floors, at 16 West Third Street, creating an L-shaped structure with entrances on both Main and Third streets. This project would have some secure parking under the building and use existing parking. The old Hall of Justice could become a new Juvenile Justice Center, if the tallest option (Second Street) is selected.

Existing Forsyth County Hall of Justice:
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Credit: JournalNow

1802 Vierling House Restoration:
We haven't seen an update on this city medical and biotech history museum, in a long time! There isn't much to see, from the outside, at this time.


Credit: Bill Wells

West Salem Modern:
BIG news on this impressive infill project! The BlauHaus Residence, one of several new modernist infill residences in Winston-Salem's West Salem neighborhood, is up for this years Matsumoto Prize. Voting begins June1! It would be awesome to have this year's modernist architecture award in Winston-Salem!

NoTra Mixed-use Building:
The third floor residential is condominium space and is sold-out. The developers haven't announced any retail or office tenants at this time.

Union Station & Streetcar Yard:
A look at restoration on the second floor of this project. This will become an office floor.


Credit: urbanmez

Bowman Gray Medical Education Building:
A rainy day in Bailey Park, with Wake Forest University's new downtown medical school in the background.


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Credit: Kirsten Gray

Bailey Park Phase II:
The photograph, below, is from yesterday. Yes, it's built, but they still haven't opened it. It's still fenced-in.

USA Cycling has access to the fenced-in Phase II:

Credit: Winston-Salem Cycling

Central Library:
We haven't seen an update on this project in a long time! It won't be long until we see cladding!


Credit: Wings Over Winston


Credit: Steele Group

Off-Subject:

Cycling Week:
Cycling Week starts today! This week, Winston-Salem will have the largest number of racing cyclists in the United States. It's the nation's biggest cycling event of the year. Enjoy some of the USA Cycling events, this week, and plan to be downtown this weekend!

Gears and Guitars Music Festival:
This downtown music festival started last weekend and will end on Sunday. You must buy tickets to these concerts and concert attendance is expected to be measured in the tens of thousands. This is a nice 8-day event for downtown Winston-Salem, with well-known bands.

Knife Fight:
This is a monthly party-style cooking competition I didn't know about until recently. And you can attend! Some of the attendees are also selected to be judges. The two chefs selected have no idea what they are cooking until the ingredients are revealed. This event also includes music, beer, and food from the host restaurant's menu. This event sells-out, so you have to buy tickets early. Visit Mission Pizza Napolentana for more details.

Twin City RibFest:
Looking for something to do in downtown (5th Street / Twin City Quarter) on June 10-12? Twin City RibFest has received recognition in Bon Apetit magazine, MarthaStewart.com and Our State magazine, as well as being named a Top 20 Event by the Southeast Tourism Bureau several years running. Several of the "ribbers" have been featured on the Food Network and BBQ Pitmasters TV show. This event includes music, a marketplace, a kids zone, Lucha Libre wrestling, and the Squidling Brothers Side Show. Special Head from America's Got Talent will also make an appearance.

Random Photographs:

India Festival:

Credit: Yogagalleryws


Credit: Eve Queen

Yes, those are the actual Blue Ridge Mountains:

Credit: Christina Schriver

Cool down with snow from three or four months ago:

Credit: han_johnson

Did you know: Snow was falling in Winston-Salem just two or three weeks ago. Yes, it can snow in Winston-Salem in May.

Warm-up with a spring rainbow:

Credit: Faith Jenkins

[Matthew]

This update was to be posted on Tuesday, May 31. It was written to be posted on that date. This post was last updated nearly a week ago. If you see today or tomorrow in this update, that was Tuesday and Wednesday. I apologize for posting this late. Better late than never! As you can see, I write this throughout the week and make final changes on Monday night. I'll try to make an update for next Tuesday. Keep in mind that I'm far behind on next week's update! I am feeling better and able to take part in the forums, again.

Projects & Construction:

Aloft Hotel:
Downtown Winston-Salem has another new hotel proposal. It appears to be a 7-storey Aloft by W Hotels and WXYZ Bar. It will also have an attached parking deck and a 9,000 square foot leasable restaurant/bar structure on the corner of First Street and Peters Creek Parkway. No details on who the tenant or tenants are for the 9,000 square foot corner restaurant & bar structure, but it looks nice, with a rooftop area which may have a good skyline view. The developer is Brand Properties and the architect is Wakefield Beasley & Associates. Construction could start in September 2016 and the building could be completed in Spring 2018. Starwood Hotels & Resorts describes Aloft as an environmentally friendly, stylish, boutique hotel for Millennials that uses the latest technology. It has a nice bar (WXYZ Bar) which hosts live music and events; so this hotel should fit-in well in downtown Winston-Salem's Village District. It's another entertainment venue!

According to this rendering, this hotel should be visible from inside the ballpark?

Credit: City of Winston-Salem

I can tell you Winston-Salem has rough terrain, but these renderings really show it well. This hotel is towering over a 5 storey apartment building, on the same block, in this rendering. Yes, that is the background structure. There is also a 22 foot (6.7 meter) drop between the left and right side of the rendering, according to the developer's documents. The hotel lobby is actually higher than the roof of the ballpark.

U.S. Olympic Cycling Training Center:
This building will have four apartments you can rent and the apartments have a rooftop deck as an amenity area! The apartments, brewpub, restaurants, and wellness center will make the Cycling Center self-sustaining. Derek Bouchard-Hall, president of USA Cycling, said the center “will be a significant asset in our work to identify and train talent.” The city is also looking into reconstructing Main Street to remove car lanes and add angled (diagonal) parking spaces and bike lanes. This would be good news for the brewpub and other storefronts along Main Street. So far, asbestos abatement is completed and the building is gutted. Workers will install the HVAC equipment, soon. Sterling Swaim said the center is getting calls almost daily from professional and amateur cyclists, wanting to know when the center’s facilities will be available. Some of the world's top cyclists are also talking about moving to Winston-Salem.

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Credit: Walt Unks | JournalNow

Pressed-tin ceiling tiles to be cleaned, repaired, and reinstalled:
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Credit: Walt Unks | JournalNow

The brewpub will have a pressed-tin ceiling (original ceiling), which should look awesome! It appears as if all of the ceilings still have their original pressed-tin, which they are required to restore for the tax credits.

The Livery Apartments:
This is a renovation of an older building into a modern luxury apartment building. Gibbons Architecture is the architect. Work will be completed in August.

Bailey Park Phase II: Built!
This project is now completed! As usual, we will have a large photography post to celebrate the completion! I'm excited about the next phase (Phase III) of Bailey Park construction, which could be announced later this year or early next year? The now completed Phase II of Bailey Park includes a waterwall with color changing lights and a tiered landscaping area, made with large stones and including stone steps. The quote, behind the water, says "you will always find an answer in the sound of water -Chuang Tzu". A very awesome addition to Bailey Park!

Originally Posted by rmhpmi @ WSTB

I can see why so many creative and tech companies want to be in downtown's IQ District. It is nice.


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Credit: DWSP

They didn't have a big event, when turning it on for the first time... however, they held large concerts a few days later (see below) and more concerts are scheduled:

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Credit: DWSP


Credit: DWSP


Credit: DWSP

The waterwall is turned-on for the first time:

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Credit: DWSP


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And Bailey Park's second phase held it's grand opening, a few days later, with multiple concerts, over several days, that attracted thousands (3,000+ people per concert), from across the country, to the park:

Credit: Jay Reed

O.A.R. (Of A Revolution) Bailey Park concert attracted the most fans. http://ofarevolution.com


Credit: Sajid Khan


Credit: Kelly Lumsden

Better than Ezra & Sister Hazel Concert:

Credit: Chris Kreiner


Credit: Chris Kreiner

That is how you open a park!

Downtown Hampton Inn & Suites:
Design changes are at least a third complete, at this time.


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AFAS Center for the Arts:


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Credit: STITCH Design Shop

Pouring a mat footing:

Credit: STITCH Design Shop

Expensive Apartments in Winston-Salem:
According to Rent Cafe: Winston-Salem was one of only 14 cities in the United States (in 2015) where all of the new apartments are luxury units. Strong demand and rising rents in Winston-Salem are behind this. It's connected to Winston-Salem's tech boom. Many other research & technology cities are seeing rapidly increasing rents.

Plaza Building & Galleria:
Again, the new signage is really all we can see of this project, at this time.

The new signage is more colorful!

Credit: Whitney Johnson Keller

The old signage and new signage:

Credit: Brad Clark

Morris Building (Bailey Power Plant Complex):
In an article on the Winston-Salem Cycling Classic, Ray Boden spoke of another concert venue in the Bailey Power Plant complex, which I think is proposed for this building? We can now list the concert venue as confirmed.

It's the brick building behind the smokestack:

Credit: Taylor G. Martin

Undergraduate Science & Engineering Center:
Seven months until this project is completed! rmhpmi at the WSTB Forum said the building has roof issues, requiring the roofing contractor to return.

You can see the roof work in this image:

Credit: wingsoverwinston


Credit: Jeremy Thorne

Union Station & Streetcar Yard:


Credit: Clark Harper

Bailey Power Plant - Building 23-1:

A nice photograph of Building 23-1:

Credit: Chobey Badgio


Credit: Reid Hinsley

Bailey Business Center - Building 23-2 (Bailey Power Plant Complex):
According to Summit School, which toured the building last week, construction should take 14 months.


Credit: Summit Eagles


Credit: Summit Eagles

A look at the renderings and elevations:

Credit: WFIQ


Credit: WFIQ

Quarry Park:


Credit: Way Up Digital Media

Wise Man Brewing Mixed-use Project:


Credit: Wise Man Brewing

TW Garner Headquarters:
Another project we never see update on! If you look in the background, you'll see scaffolding and the progress on the headquarters for T.W. Garner Foods, known for Texas Pete Hot Sauce.


Credit: Bill Petrie Jr.

AirType Headquarters:
We haven't seen an update on this project in months! It's good to see it again! This is an office building, a downtown clothing store, and apartments.


Credit: Underdog Records

Off-Subject:

Winston-Salem Cycling Classic:
Richard Rauck said "The hills are just one of Winston-Salem’s advantages for hosting major cycling races. It’s a mid-sized city without sprawling suburbs, meaning cyclists can easily reach rural roads north and west of the city." Winston-Salem has emerged as the host of one of only three U.S. racing events sanctioned by Union Cycliste Internationale, the world governing body for cycling recognized by the International Olympic Committee. The Amgen Tour of California and the Philadelphia International Cycling Classic are the only other sanctioned events in the U.S.,. On visits to Winston-Salem, USA Cycling executives have been impressed by the city’s cycling enthusiasm, which led to designating the new National Cycling Center at 505 N. Liberty St. as an official training facility.

Salute! North Carolina Wine Festival:
Winston-Salem is the Carolina's wine country and I think this city hosts three different wine festivals. This is one of them and it's this Saturday afternoon, on Fourth Street's Restaurant Row. Yes, it's downtown! Salute! is the largest of Winston-Salem's three wine festivals and the largest wine festival in North Carolina. If you're there, be sure to view some of our favorite construction sites and and share a few updates with us! If you're visiting, during warm weather months, I always recommend visiting during a festival or event you may like.

Random Photographs:


Credit: Kira B

Taking the elevator to the grocery store?

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USA Cycling Women's National Championships:

Credit: Camino Bakery


Credit: Bill Petrie Jr.

[Matthew]

Projects & Construction:

640 West Fourth:
Center City West Associates have purchased a 2-storey building at 640 West Fourth Street and could demolish it for a newer and taller mixed-use building.

Bailey Power Plant -Building 23-1:


Credit: Larry Hall

Fourth & Green:
According to TWC's news channel, construction won't start until next year.

Bailey Business Center - Building 23-2 (Bailey Power Plant Complex):


Credit: Thomas Maier

Bowman Gray Medical Education Building:
The university's new downtown medical school will officially open in just three weeks!


Credit: STITCH Design Shop

It's on the far left:

Credit: jonathanoquist

It's the building on the right:

Credit: photogjono

AirType Headquarters:


Credit: Drew Markey

Union Station & Streetcar Yard:

This appears to be the far southern end of the third floor?

Credit: urbanmez

Twin City Lofts Condominiums:


Credit: Way Up Digital Media

Plaza Building & Galleria:

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Credit: Andrew Dye | JournalNow

BB&T Ballpark Wins Award:
BB&T Ballpark in downtown Winston-Salem has won the national Ballpark Digest award for "Best in its Class." Those who selected the downtown Winston-Salem ballpark for the award are industry experts, working for teams, ballpark operations, working for the leagues, or are involved in the design & construction of ballparks. Ballpark Digest Publisher Kevin Reichard said "BB&T Ballpark has captured the imagination of the Winston-Salem area since its opening, and this award reflects that popularity."

Ritz Theatre Restoration:
I found this photograph and thought back to this project. This is beside the Streamline Art Moderne 7-UP Building renovation project.


Credit: wingsoverwinston

Central Library:


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Science & Engineering Center:

It's on the left: (Bailey Blues & Bluegrass Festival Photograph)

Credit: Jeremy Thorne


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I'm searching for a good courtyard view:

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Credit: WFIQ

TW Garner Headquarters:
A better view of the new steel frame, for the new construction part of the project. It's very difficult to find photographs of this project! Even background photographs, like this, are difficult to find!


Credit: Justin Hanneken

Ziggy's Expansion:
Jay Stephens is feeling better and ready to look for a new location to reopen Ziggy's.

Wise Man Brewing Mixed-use Project:


Credit: Wise Man Brewing


Credit: Wise Man Brewing

Off-Subject:

Vote Today:
If you live in the South Ward and support downtown development, be sure to vote today for John Larson. Larson supports downtown development and historic preservation. His opponent doesn't and will likely hold back many developments we enjoy talking about in this thread and could lead to projects not moving forward. This is a very important election for downtown development supporters and could be very close! Your vote will count in this election. Please vote for John Larson today!

Musicians United Against HB2, Music Festival:
The lineup is finalized for this massive downtown Winston-Salem music festival. Be sure to buy your tickets early!


Credit: Millennium Center

Diggs Gallery:
The print collections of Salem College and Winston-Salem State University will be displayed at Diggs Gallery. See the works of Salvador Rosa, Rembrandt van Rijn, Pablo Picasso, and others. None of these art works have been seen since they were donated to the two Winston-Salem schools. Lisandra Estevez said “Taken together, these works are representative of major artists, ranging from the Renaissance to the 20th century, who specialized in varied methods or processes of printmaking. The diverse collections present a cohesive and comprehensive narrative of the history of printmaking that represents major artists such as Rembrandt, Romare Bearden, and Pablo Picasso.”

Random Photographs:

Graylyn Luxury Hotel & International Conference Center

Credit: adesign_life

Historic Factory Row Neighborhood:

Credit: David B.


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Para-cycling:

[Matthew]

Projects & Construction:

Fortune 500:
Winston-Salem has three Fortune 500 headquarters on this year's list.

(266) RAI
(273) BB&T
(448) Hanesbrands

RAI and BB&T are both headquartered in downtown Winston-Salem skyscrapers. RAI has a construction project on our construction list. Winston-Salem is second in North Carolina in the number of Fortune 500 headquarters.

The O'Hanlon - Student Apartments:
Student housing developer Kairys Properties is the buyer of the 1915 O'Hanlon Building, located where downtown's Restaurant Row meets the Arts District. This building is not far from Wake Forest University's new downtown medical school and "under construction" downtown engineering school. Downtown Winston-Salem has gained thousands of university students over the past four years. The ground-floor retail and restaurant businesses will remain in the building. Office tenants will move to other buildings. Since student apartments are their specialty and I've heard this will be residential, I will list it as student apartments. If they have other plans, I'll update the main page to show it.


Credit: Jeff Skidmore

Creative Corridors:
The steel-work that will create the massive Donald MacDonald Architects designed arches above the John Gold Expressway / Research Parkway bridge is now on site. In two months, we should see this steel rise above the bridge! It should create a beautiful grand entrance to downtown's IQ District.


Credit: Creative Corridors


Credit: Creative Corridors

Bailey Business Center - Building 23-2 (Bailey Power Plant Complex):
All design work is completed and they have permits. According to rmhpmi at the WSTB Forum, construction fencing is now in place. A crane was also seen over the power plant complex on Monday (6/13).

Originally Posted by rmhpmi @ WSTB

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Science & Engineering Center:
According to rmhpmi at the WSTB Forum, drywall is being installed in this building. rmhpmi has more photographs of this project and others at WSTB. If you have the time, thank him for the update on that forum.

Originally Posted by rmhpmi @ WSTB

A look at the inside:

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A crane over the courtyard on Saturday (June 11):

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West End Mill Works: Built!
We don't have enough photographs to make a large photography post on this project.

This is a nice events space:

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The Livery Apartments:
Our first photographic update on this new project. The older buiding on the left will become upscale apartments. This is in the Holly Avenue National Historic District.


Credit: wayupmedia

Central Library:


Credit: Charlie McCurry

Twin City Lofts Condominiums:


Credit: Michael Palumbo

Bowman Gray Medical Education Building:
Look at the top of the photograph to see Wake Forest University's new downtown medical school.


Credit: Camel City Cartman

Bailey Power Plant - Building 23-1:
A crane was at the site yesterday! It appears as if it was at Building 23-1? This is the same crane described in the Bailey Business Center update.


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Downtown Hampton Inn & Suites:
They have almost finished design revisions and could have permits before the end of this month!


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AFAS Center for the Arts:


Credit: Jim Pica

Downtown Marriott and Embassy Suites Renovations:
Hospitality Ventures Management Group of Atlanta has purchased both the Marriott and Embassy Suites in downtown Winston-Salem's Twin City Quarter convention district. The new owner will spend $30-35 million on renovations at the two hotels. The new downtown Kimpton Hotel, along with an under construction downtown Hampton Inn & Suites and three proposed hotels in downtown (Hotel Indigo, Aloft Hotel, & an unnamed conference center hotel), are pressuring the new owners to make major renovations, to stay competitive.

Marriott Twin City Quarter Convention Hotel:

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Alternative Transportation:

Bike Share:
Winston-Salem currently has three "free" bike share programs, operated by area businesses or organizations, that were created to advertise the local businesses that own them or benefit area neighborhoods. These bike shares are 100% free and have been such a success that the City of Winston-Salem is currently studying if they want to create one big city-wide bike share program. This new city-wide program will likely be operated by Zagster or Social Bicycles and will be a pay bike share. These two companies were selected due to their technology, more comfortable bikes, gears for the city's steep hills, and smaller and more affordable bike stations, compared to the massive and expensive docking stations in other cities. This will allow Winston-Salem to easily install stations almost anywhere and create a larger system with less investment. This will also keep the bike rental fee very low. If you support a larger city-wide bike share, please let your City Councilperson know! Bike share is affordable transportation for everyone, of all incomes, and great exercise, improving health. It also reduces car traffic and the need for parking around the city.


Credit: City of Winston-Salem

Off-Subject:

Sunset Thursdays:
This is a great opportunity to see several projects we have discussed in this thread and enjoy good music. Be sure to enjoy Sunset Thursdays at Bailey Park in downtown!


Credit: Bailey Park

Random Photograph of the Week:

A public school building from 1896:

Credit: Bill Wells

[Matthew]

Projects & Construction:

500 West Fifth Street:
Grubb Properties is in the process of buying this building for $7.3 million, through a $20 million Fund V, under an LLC called West Fifth Winston Holdings. They plan to renovate this building into a modern Class A office and retail building at a cost of $35 million. They could have a building with a replacement cost of over $130+ million for only a total investment of $42.3 million. The finished project will have upgraded tenant amenities, such as bicycle commuter facilities, and will become an Energy Star building. Grubb Properties will market it for a corporate headquarters or large regional office and they view this as a long term investment. To give you an idea of the size of this renovation, they will replace all of the windows. Yes, a significant amount of this building will be recald! I'm not sure how big of a recald we could see, but at least one side will be fully recald.


Credit: Andrew Dye

New Jobs - Ennis-Flint:
Ennis-Flint is preparing for an expansion at their headquarters and creating 80 new jobs. They are also working on two or three acquisitions that could lead to more jobs and revenue. One of these acquisitions is in South America and could be completed later this summer.

New Jobs - Talon:
Downtown Winston-Salem tech firm, Talon, has seen sales increase by 750% and will hire 30 new employees. This is in addition to 12 new employees they have hired this year.

David F. Couch Ballpark:
We haven't seen an update on this project in a long time!


Credit: Walter Robbs

Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co. Interiors Division:
Wow, we haven't seen an update on this project in a long time! Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co. Ltd., has hired 22 new employees in the past three months and is creating another 50 jobs.

New HAECO Engineering Dynamic Test Lab:
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Credit: Lauren Carroll

Bowman Gray Medical Education Building:
If construction workers are still on schedule, Wake Forest University's new downtown medical school should be completed in the next week or two?

Sunrise at the downtown medical school:

Credit: Susan Smith

Central Library:


Credit: Andy Solis

Aviation College:
Construction could begin in the first quarter of 2017 and the college could open in 2019. Right now, they are exploring their options, which includes building a new 125,000 square foot hanger and the adaptive reuse of two existing buildings at the airport in Winston-Salem. The campus would help train workers for Winston-Salem aerospace companies, such as North State Aviation, B/E Aerospace, and Piedmont Propulsion Systems, just to name a few. Aerospace is a fast growing employment field in Winston-Salem and many area aerospace companies are working to make this happen.

1802 Vierling House Restoration:
An update on the city's medical and biotech museum project in a 214 year old house.


Credit: Bill Wells

Hotel Indigo:
Evolution Real Estate Partners has completed the purchase of the Art Deco Pepper Building and will soon begin construction to convert the building into a Hotel Indigo. The hotel will have around 120 rooms and feature a bar and a restaurant that highlights local flavors and seasonal ingredients. It appears as if this developer will likely use archStudio7 as their architect? Yes, another luxury boutique hotel on Restaurant Row, fronting the square in downtown.


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Science & Engineering Center:


Credit: Jessica Thomas Lewis


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Alternative Transportation:

Union Station & Streetcar Yard:


Credit: urbanmez

Rails-to-Trails Bicycle Commuter Highway:
Our first really good construction update on Winston-Salem's High Line project! These images show construction on what will become a landscaped plaza (large park space around Fogle Street at Third Street for pedestrians and cyclists), which will lead up, with ramps and steps, to the High Line project. They are also restoring an existing Belgium Block street (Fogle Street) from the 1800s and will construct a retail/restaurant/market structure in the plaza, after work on this High Line project is completed. The plaza site was once coal yards and has been cleaned-up. Workers will restore an old coal trestle as artwork and reuse an historic industrial-looking light tower, that once lit the coal yards, as a light tower for both the High Line project and the plaza.


Credit: Time Warner Cable News


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Credit: Time Warner Cable News

Off-Subject:

Random Photographs:

The Wells Fargo Tech Center in Downtown Winston-Salem's IQ District:

Credit: Emily Palcsak

Recording Star Mitch Easter's Fidelitorium: (some of the biggest names in alternative rock music have recorded here!)

Credit: Daniel Seriff

Movies in the Park:

Credit: minnesotaiceyarns

Bailey Park in downtown's IQ District:

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Kimpton Cardinal Hotel & Residences in a rainbow of color, to show solidarity with the LGBT community:

Credit noircreolenative

Originally Posted by Tina Fullard

We are deeply saddened by the events in Orlando, and show our support by the lighting of the building. Since the Kimpton Hotel and Restaurant Group Inc. was founded in San Francisco in 1981, the company has supported the LGBT community. Kimpton also is a sponsor of Pride Winston-Salem, a gay-rights advocacy and support group, which will hold a candlelight vigil at Corpening Plaza. Our light will shine over them in support and pride.

Credit: Kolby

The Candlelight Vigil at Corpening Plaza Watergardens & Park in downtown's Financial District (Thursday 6/16):

Credit: Jim Larosee


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The fountains in Corpening Plaza's watergarden were turned-off for this event:

Credit: Lynda Quintero-Davids


Credit: Karen Ashley

LGBT Community Healing Event at Merschel Plaza Park on Downtown's Restaurant Row (Sunday 6/19):

Credit: kc.marie90

Merschel Plaza:
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Merschel Plaza:

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Merschel Plaza:
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[CLTNC]

WINSTON-SALEM is doing a lot of development right.

[Matthew]

Projects & Construction:

Bowman Gray Medical Education Building:
Workers are building the cafe and preparing to move the Bowman Gray Statue to the Courtyard of this building. Last weekend, workers loaded the statue on a truck for its move to the new downtown medical school. The new downtown medical school is expected to open around July 18. We may only have two or three more posts on Wake Forest University's new downtown medical school, before it's completed?


Credit: Kolby


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Credit: WFUBMC

Hotel Indigo:
Evolution Real Estate Partners and Triumph Management Group purchased the Pepper Building for $2 million. Though it's in rough shape, it's very intact. The hotel developers will fully restore the building to its 1928 appearance.

2014 photograph of the building:

Credit: urbanmez

Salem Lake Marina
The City of Winston-Salem released renderings for "Phase I" of a multi-phase project at Salem Lake. The first phase renderings show the new marina for Salem Lake. In addition to the usual office space, boat registration, licenses, etc., the marina will also include a large rentable meeting space, kitchen for the meeting area, and lake overlooks. This is currently under construction! The General Contractor is Hodgin Construction. Completion is set for 2017. This is a short bike ride from downtown, if you're interested in visiting this site.


Credit: City of Winston-Salem

Unnamed Residential:
An update on this 224 unit Post Modern residential project from Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Company.


Credit: Ken Bennett

418 North Marshall Street:
Workers are starting interior demolition on this outdated 34 year old building. It will be renovated into a multi-tenant Class A office building. Most of the space is already pre-leased.

Interior demolition at 418 North Marshall:

Credit: Lambert Architecture

Bailey Power Plant:
Not much to see from the outside, at this time.

The concrete tower, in the middle, was once a tall smokestack:

Credit: Jill Brey

Bailey Power Plant Grounds or Brookstown District?
I think this is an image board (ideas) for the grounds, but I could be mistaken? It's not labeled. It could also be for the Brookstown District project?


Credit: Stimmell Associates

326 Main:
A shoe & clothing company has leased the office space in this downtown building for their new corporate headquarters. Both their designers and headquarters employees will move into the building.


Credit: alegria

Reynolds Atheletic Complex:
A renovation of an existing 1950s building into a modern health and fitness complex. The building will include an open living room, a climbing wall, a demonstration kitchen, group exercise rooms, a pool, and bowling. Workers will cut into the bricks to add windows as part of the renovation. Frank L. Blum Construction is the general contractor.


Credit: Wake Will

Wise Man Brewing - Brewery, Office Space, & Music Venue:
The floor was poured on Tuesday (last week) and workers are installing the bar and brewing equipment.


Credit: Wise Man Brewing


Credit: Wise Man Brewing

Forsyth County Courthouse:
Forsyth County leaders are interested in touring the new courthouse in Norfolk, Virginia for ideas. Downtown Winston-Salem's proposed courthouse will be slightly larger than Norfolk's. Forsyth County leaders want to finalize their plans for a new downtown Winston-Salem courthouse by September.

Post-Modern Norfolk, VA., Courthouse, Forsyth County Leaders Will Tour for Ideas:

Credit: Legacy Newspaper

Ballpark View Apartments:
Renderings were released for a new 313 unit luxury apartment building, proposed by Brand Properties. These apartments will have skyboxes facing the downtown ballpark and a pool amenity, behind the outfield wall, for apartment residents. The developer would like to start construction in three months and complete this project by late 2017. They could have final approval by August. Wakefield Beasley is the architect.


Credit: Wakefield Beasley Associates

I'm guessing these are the skyboxes, since this part of the building looks different?

Credit: Wakefield Beasley Associates

Twin City Lofts Condominiums:


Credit: Unknown

This was parked near the construction site (see the scaffolding & construction dumpster chute in the background):

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NoTra Mixed-use Building:
This appears to be the latest rendering, as construction is about to start... possibly this week!


Credit: STITCH Design Shop

SciWorks Downtown:
Forsyth County Commissioners approved giving $17 million to the museum and leasing a site to the museum, on Third Street. The existing 1974 office building, built for 1st Home Federal Bank, will be demolished and replaced with a new building. The new building will have a planetarium, large water play area, indoor animal exhibits, and more. The museum will complete its merger with The Childrens Museum on Friday and select a new name next month. That is when they will launch a $10 million fundraiser to help pay for new exhibits. Sadly, we may have to wait until 2018 for construction to start. I haven't heard any additional details on a $6 million grant from the state to help build this? I'm guessing they have that money, too?

Former (1974) 1st Home Federal Bank Building, on Third Street, to be demolished for new museum:
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Credit: David Rolfe | JournalNow

Someone will want to know: The new museum building will be around the same height as this existing building, but the new museum's footprint will be twice as large and have underground parking. The new museum will also cap part of Third Street for outdoor presentation space and an outdoor play area. The park in the foreground will be completed renovated as a separate project, called Merschel Plaza (Merschel / Civic Plaza Park).

Off-Subject:

Read about Winston-Salem in Southern Living Magazine:

Originally Posted by Southern Living Magazine

This eclectic city in northwestern North Carolina has the Smokies and the Blue Ridge to the west and the Outer Banks to the east. Its famed hyphen comes from the merger of two cities in 1913. Salem was settled in 1766 by serious-minded, Eastern European Moravians known for arts and culture. Upstart Winston, established in 1851, attracted entrepreneurs. Put the two together, and you have a city with a thriving arts community—it’s home to the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, the National Black Theatre Festival, and much more—and an inventive spirit. Krispy Kreme doughnuts, Texas Pete hot sauce, and US Airways were born here.

Read the full article: http://www.southernliving.com/travel...nston-salem-nc

New Jersey Looking at Winston-Salem:
It appears as if bike and pedestrian leaders from a city in New Jersey toured Winston-Salem, to look for ideas.

Bicycle Benefits:
If you bike to downtown, be sure to take advantage of this. If you see the sticker, in the image below, you could receive a discount at that business. Most of the discounts in downtown Winston-Salem are 10% discounts at restaurants, bakeries, cafes, and other businesses. The biggest discount in downtown Winston-Salem appears to be a 50% discount on popcorn at a/perture Cinema on Fourth Street. You do have to purchase a sticker for your bike helmet, so they know you participate. It's a one time purchase and you can use that sticker at all participating businesses. It appears as if this discount program has been in place in downtown for a few years, but I just discovered it and thought I would share it with you.

Look for this sticker in downtown Winston-Salem to receive discounts:

Credit: Twin City Hive

Random Photographs:


Credit: Kolby


Credit: Kolby

Yoga in the Park:

Credit: Sydney Soll

This structure was built in 1849:

Credit: Bill Wells

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Crane at Benton Convention Center site.

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