210 Trade is part of the Epicentre project. Look at their website and you'll see the 210 Trade building in the renderings.

Obviously, you've forgotten where I live. I see this site with my own eyes on a regular basis, so I know what the project consists of, thank you.

No it doesn't have anything to do with the economy...

Thank you. No need to go any further.

Obviously, you've forgotten where I live. I see this site with my own eyes on a regular basis, so I know what the project consists of, thank you. Thank you. No need to go any further.

I'm sorry. :( It's just nobody is posting anymore in the Greenville development threads and I still can't find the frog or the penguin.

^^
Your damn fish stinks... So much, that my penguin has to stay as far away as possible.

Matthew, thanks for your detailed feedback on Winston-Salem's progress. I am definitely looking forward to one of your extensive photo tours next time you visit W-S. No rush... I can wait until the end of this week :lol:

^^
Your damn fish stinks... So much, that my penguin has to stay as far away as possible.

Matthew, thanks for your detailed feedback on Winston-Salem's progress. I am definitely looking forward to one of your extensive photo tours next time you visit W-S. No rush... I can wait until the end of this week :lol:

So that's why that happened. Stupid drought. :rant: :bash:

Speak for yourself, fish-man... We have no drought in the Triangle these days... It goes without saying, you and Bob Ellis are still not welcome here ;)

G-man....shut the hell up. thank you.

G-man....shut the hell up. thank you.

What did I do? :dunno: Why is everybody getting mad at me for no reason? I apologized to Krazeeboi. What more do you want?

Put some cologne to your fish... We can't breath from the stink :bash: Get a new fish, or take the one you have to some clean water for a nice bath :rofl:

I wonder if g-man had anything to do with this (http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1126230.html)... What a shame :ohno:

Union Sation updates...

The renovation of Union Station would reuse all three existing floors. the top floor would be used for transit uses while the 2 bottom floors would be used for retail and office space.

The station would be funded by the city, FTA, PART and NCDOT. early estimates has the project at around $12 million.

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the station would serve WSSU, PTRP, Salem College, East Winston and the proposed East Winston Historic District (proposed area is MLK Blvd from 1st to 5th streets. East Winston has a great grid with attractive homes. designating a historic district could erase some of the blight.)

a pedestrian bridge would extend from the top floor with an elevator and staircase leading to the train platform. the bridge would resemble the original bridge that was demolished in 1975! an additional pedestrian bridge is proposed connecting the station to WSSU.

PART, the city and NCDOT are the tenants for the office space.

Mixed-Use Development

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developer Bill Cannon wants to build 107 condos, 44,320 sf of office space and 58,550 of specialty retail space adjacent to the station. i wonder if this is old info or new info. did the developer switch back to condo? maybe so with so many apartments proposed for downtown. maybe in late 2009, when this is scheduled to be u/c, the market will have improved?
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2 downtown residential projects underway

Work has started on the Winston Factory Lofts (former Brown Rogers Dixson building.) plans call for 85 luxury lofts. the developer Hugh Shytle also recently purchased the adjacent vacant RJR warehouse thats planned for residential. the details of that project have not been made public yet.

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the 2 projects

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both buildings will share a small space for a pool, hottub and fire pit.

thanks to B-V-R from WSTB for providing this link. you can view construction photos here. http://picasaweb.google.com/shytleh

also, the Gallery has finally started work. 77 apartments in Goler. the developer decided to go rental for now. the units could become for sale after 5 years.

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Nice update, TwinCity :okay: Glad to see some redevelopment efforts under way, as I know that W-S has a lot of older buildings to reuse. This is great in many ways, especially for keeping the prices/costs down. In many ways W-S and Durham have been doing great with all those warehouses... They provide a win-win situation for developers and buyers.

these should compliment Struever's proposal very well. it would be very interesting to see the several smokestacks and water towers lit up at night.

the former RJR Education building is up for rezoning next month so hopefully we will hear what Shytle has planned for it soon.

Ballpark Update 7-21-08...
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They're trying to copy our minor league ballpark in terms of design. :ohno:

^How so?

^^
What? Are you debating the almighty g-man? Don't you sense that he is desperate? :lol:

Oh yeah, I forget. :)

^^
What? Are you debating the almighty g-man? Don't you sense that he is desperate? :lol:

You will do this to the almighty g-man: :master: :bow: :D

I could never doubt the Almighty g-man... NEVER!!! Like I would never doubt your being desperate for high-rise activity in your city... Or "better", have all high-rise activity stop in other cities :lol:

Winston-Salem's ballpark is different from Greenville's because it is in West End, has family activity areas and a large structure proposed behind the outfield wall with offices/retail/residential. Greenville's ballpark in West End, with family activity areas and a large structure behind the outfield wall is completely different. :D

Actually, Winston-Salem's ballpark is modeled after the architecture of the historic 1830's factories in the Brookstown neighborhood. The ballpark is designed to host the college baseball World Series playoffs, the ACC baseball tournament and other large scale events. It will feature an upscale restaurant/club for higher paying ticket holders and is more upscale than Greenville's. The team owner wants a stadium with a major league ballpark appearance (at one time he wanted a third seating level, instead of two at typical minor league parks, but the costs were too high) and it is impressive, for a minor league stadium. The $200 million ballpark development will also feature condos, a movie theatre, retail and offices. The village behind the outfield wall will take shape next year. It may have Whole Foods Market (rumor) as a tenant? They have hired a company known for their work on outdoor (lifestyle center) malls. The owner is rushing the ballpark to completion, so it can open in Spring 2009 and will start on the village in Spring/Summer 2009. The streets will also move, part(s) of the ridges will be leveled-off and this will open more land for the village. I like the work 360 Architecture did on this project. They designed several major league ballparks.

If I had to find a ballpark to compare to Winston-Salem's, Greenville's is the closest. Greenville is a good city to look to for ideas, but I wish the ballparks in both cities were closer to the skyscrapers.

the newest rendering shows a 5-6 story building for offices/press at the main entrance.

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WinstonNet puts wireless plan on hold

By Michael Hewlett
JOURNAL REPORTER

Published: July 31, 2008

The city of Winston-Salem won't be going wireless -- at least for now.

In 2005, WinstonNet announced an effort to provide a free wireless Internet community, but five months ago, Azulstar, the company that would provide the service, backed out. And now WinstonNet says that the project is on hold indefinitely.

"We're waiting for the industry to settle down and find its direction," Lynda Goff, the executive director of WinstonNet, said yesterday.

A wireless network is a system that lets computer users tap into the Internet without cables or telephone hookups. Many cities have been interested in creating municipal wireless networks to attract businesses and tech-savvy consumers.

WinstonNet Inc. is a nonprofit group set up by Idealliance, an economic-development group, to help close the so-called digital divide between those who have access to the Internet and those who don't. The organization has 44 computer labs throughout Forsyth County and provides tutoring services.

WinstonNet began exploring the possibility of a communitywide wireless network in 2005 and released a 37-page "request for proposal" to the public a year later.

In October 2006, WinstonNet announced that it had picked three telecommunication companies to install a free, wireless broadband network throughout Forsyth County. Azulstar Inc. would be the service provider. Cisco Systems Inc. would provide the equipment, and IBM would be the project manager.

Negotiations between WinstonNet and Azulstar stalled over issues of revenue sharing, and in March of this year, WinstonNet announced that Azulstar had backed out of the project. Analysts said that Azulstar had struggled with several projects, and that it may be reassessing where to use limited resources.

WinstonNet had preliminary discussions with two to three companies after Azulstar left the project, but there was never any follow-up, Goff said.

Peggy Low, the senior vice president for technology and strategic issues for the Greater Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce, said that WinstonNet is not alone in having problems with providing municipal wireless.

"The difficulties that we're having in implementing municipal wireless are a nationwide and an industrywide issue, and it is not unique to Winston-Salem," Low said.

Capital investment has dried up, said Dennis Newman, the chief information officer for the city of Winston-Salem. "The risk is too high relative to the availability of capital," he said.

Low said that there are many factors affecting the wireless industry.

"It's the economy. It's the technology. It's the funding availability," she said. "It's a changing industry. It is in flux."

But the city continues to make strides in technology, Low said, noting that the Intelligent Community Forum, a nonprofit research group in New York, named Winston-Salem as one of the top seven Intelligent Communities of 2008.

Also, a wireless network is operating on Fourth Street in downtown Winston-Salem, and such companies as Clearwire and X1 Communications provide wireless service.

Robert Bell, the executive director for the Intelligent Community Forum, said that much money is needed to install the infrastructure required for a wireless network.

"It's not cheap, and it's not easy," he said.

Some communities have made municipal wireless work by guaranteeing demand from certain key players. For example, officials in Westchester County, N.Y., were able to persuade a cable company to invest in a municipal wireless network by showing that there was sufficient demand from 15 to 20 organizations, Bell said.

That may or may not work in Winston-Salem, he said.

The next step isn't clear. WinstonNet is focusing on other projects, Goff said, such as working with the state to connect all 115 school districts.

"We're still enthusiastic" about a communitywide wireless network, she said. "The timing doesn't seem appropriate."

■ Michael Hewlett can be reached at 727-7326 or at mhewlett@wsjournal.com.

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Triad Research Park master-plan

the newest rendering shows a 5-6 story building for offices/press at the main entrance.

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WinstonNet puts wireless plan on hold

By Michael Hewlett
JOURNAL REPORTER

Published: July 31, 2008

The city of Winston-Salem won't be going wireless -- at least for now.

In 2005, WinstonNet announced an effort to provide a free wireless Internet community, but five months ago, Azulstar, the company that would provide the service, backed out. And now WinstonNet says that the project is on hold indefinitely.

"We're waiting for the industry to settle down and find its direction," Lynda Goff, the executive director of WinstonNet, said yesterday.

A wireless network is a system that lets computer users tap into the Internet without cables or telephone hookups. Many cities have been interested in creating municipal wireless networks to attract businesses and tech-savvy consumers.

WinstonNet Inc. is a nonprofit group set up by Idealliance, an economic-development group, to help close the so-called digital divide between those who have access to the Internet and those who don't. The organization has 44 computer labs throughout Forsyth County and provides tutoring services.

WinstonNet began exploring the possibility of a communitywide wireless network in 2005 and released a 37-page "request for proposal" to the public a year later.

In October 2006, WinstonNet announced that it had picked three telecommunication companies to install a free, wireless broadband network throughout Forsyth County. Azulstar Inc. would be the service provider. Cisco Systems Inc. would provide the equipment, and IBM would be the project manager.

Negotiations between WinstonNet and Azulstar stalled over issues of revenue sharing, and in March of this year, WinstonNet announced that Azulstar had backed out of the project. Analysts said that Azulstar had struggled with several projects, and that it may be reassessing where to use limited resources.

WinstonNet had preliminary discussions with two to three companies after Azulstar left the project, but there was never any follow-up, Goff said.

Peggy Low, the senior vice president for technology and strategic issues for the Greater Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce, said that WinstonNet is not alone in having problems with providing municipal wireless.

"The difficulties that we're having in implementing municipal wireless are a nationwide and an industrywide issue, and it is not unique to Winston-Salem," Low said.

Capital investment has dried up, said Dennis Newman, the chief information officer for the city of Winston-Salem. "The risk is too high relative to the availability of capital," he said.

Low said that there are many factors affecting the wireless industry.

"It's the economy. It's the technology. It's the funding availability," she said. "It's a changing industry. It is in flux."

But the city continues to make strides in technology, Low said, noting that the Intelligent Community Forum, a nonprofit research group in New York, named Winston-Salem as one of the top seven Intelligent Communities of 2008.

Also, a wireless network is operating on Fourth Street in downtown Winston-Salem, and such companies as Clearwire and X1 Communications provide wireless service.

Robert Bell, the executive director for the Intelligent Community Forum, said that much money is needed to install the infrastructure required for a wireless network.

"It's not cheap, and it's not easy," he said.

Some communities have made municipal wireless work by guaranteeing demand from certain key players. For example, officials in Westchester County, N.Y., were able to persuade a cable company to invest in a municipal wireless network by showing that there was sufficient demand from 15 to 20 organizations, Bell said.

That may or may not work in Winston-Salem, he said.

The next step isn't clear. WinstonNet is focusing on other projects, Goff said, such as working with the state to connect all 115 school districts.

"We're still enthusiastic" about a communitywide wireless network, she said. "The timing doesn't seem appropriate."

■ Michael Hewlett can be reached at 727-7326 or at mhewlett@wsjournal.com.

Dayum thats going to be nice!:banana:

Loved the new rendering :okay:

Looks fantastic! They are really buidling this stadium fast.

One Ballpark Center

Prim held a press conference yesterday to announce One Ballpark Center, a 6-story, 118,000 sf office building with retail and restaurant space. Keeping with the heavy Camden Yards influence, the structure will have an old urban, rustic feel while giving a major league feel to the stadium. Prim describes it as the the first building in Phase II, which will include a hotel, movie theater, retail/restaurant, residential and office space. The first 2 floors will be complete by opening day '09. construction will restart at the end of next season on the remaining 4 floors. When complete, the new building will house team operations, including a store; a restaurant with outside dining; and Class A office condos.

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video with a new animation and other info:
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Civic Plaza V. 3

Fox8 revealed Kerry Avant's plan for Civic Plaza. no other news source is covering this story yet. i thought the journal would have reported more details by now.?

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Somehow, the video keeps loading for a very long time, but doesn't play :( Care to give us a summary?

try watching it again. Fox8 has been acting funny lately.

basically, Kerry Avant, developer of One Park Vista, is proposing a park with mixed-use developent on 4th street.

Phase 1 - is a new park, modeled after Bryant Park in NY. there would be fountains, lush landscaping, seating areas and a large lawn in the middle. the Pepper building will be renovated for residential/retail uses.

Phase 2 - is a twin for One Park Vista facing the park.

Phase 3 - is a 12-15 story tower on Liberty Street

The developer wants to break ground within a year. he's asking the city for $6 million to fund the park. the entire project is expected to cost $60 million.
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from this week's business journal:

Friday, August 22, 2008

W-S weighs its role as megaprojects demand attention

The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area - by Bertrand M. Gutierrez

Over the next few years, more than 100 acres of real estate in downtown Winston-Salem will be transformed through three projects either under way or in the works.

The projects include the planned $500 million redevelopment of the Piedmont Triad Research Park on the east end of town, the $189 million ballpark complex near West End, and the planned $60 million Civic Plaza in center city.

"I think they will fundamentally change downtown -- each in its own way," said Robert Clark, a member of the Winston-Salem City Council.

But as significant as these projects might be for continued downtown revitalization, they would also require a significant amount of new roads, sidewalks, lights, curbs and gutters. And the city will be asked to provide either money or manpower for them. Not only that, other projects also are coming down the pike that might require city participation, officials said.:)
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Friday, August 22, 2008

Tenants' departures create retail options for Loewy

by Bertrand M. Gutierrez

Two of the largest tenants in downtown Winston-Salem's Loewy building moved out last month, leaving available prime storefront property on the increasingly popular corner of Fourth and Spruce streets.

A landlord might normally mourn such a loss, but not in this case.

The Housing Authority of Winston-Salem, which manages the building through a subsidiary called Forsyth Economic Ventures, has been trying for months to bring a restaurant or retailer to its ground-floor spaces, which have wide windows to the sidewalk on Fourth Street.

"We would love to have something like a doughnut shop, a restaurant, a tavern or a shop in that space," said Larry Woods, the CEO of the housing authority.
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Va. firm buys RJR site for lofts

by Laura Youngs

The The Virginia firm behind the redevelopment of the Brown- Rogers-Dixson building in downtown Winston-Salem has purchased an adjacent building for a potential residential project.

Richmond, Va.-based Clachan Properties LLC recently bought from R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. the building on the corner of East Sixth and Main streets for $1.5 million. The 80-year-old building is part of the former P.H. Hanes Knitting Co. complex, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Final details on the company's plans for the 1.48-acre site were unavailable, but Lindsay Velasco, operations manager for Clachan, said the project likely will become an apartment project similar to the Brown-Rogers-Dixson development.

The RJR project won rezoning last week from the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Planning Board to pedestrian business, which is for office, retail, service, institutional and high-density residential uses, among other things.

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the developer's Winston Factory Lofts to the left and RJR lofts to the right.

Thanks for the summary, TwinCity :okay: I tried to watch the video, but after the first image nothing happened :( Anyway, the plan sounds good and I hope that the city will not have a problem participating in this project.

no probelm.

Im not too sure if the city would support funding a $6 million park. The Arts Council submitted the same request for the renovation of Winston Square Park and the city turned it down.

570 jobs to be cut in Winstom-Salem: http://www.news-record.com/content/2008/09/09/article/reynolds_american_to_cut_570_jobs :(

Dang, that's not good.

Atleast Greenville is still growing right. :lol:

ReynoldsAmerican is a tobacco company. The company CEO (Susan Ivey) is the highest paid CEO in the Triad and owns a large historic house, designed by famous northern architect Charles Barton Keen, in Winston-Salem's West Highlands District. In the mid-1980's, they were the largest company in North Carolina (larger than Charlotte's banks), the largest taxpayer in the state and the state's largest employer. Today they are falling out of the top ten largest employers in the city and they are no longer the largest Fortune 500 in the southeast. BB&T is the largest Fortune 500 company in Winston-Salem today. Can you believe twenty years ago ReynoldsAmerican had more revenues than Coke and Pepsi combined? Since around 1987 or 1988, they have laid-off hundreds and sometimes thousands of employees each year. They employed 6,085 people in Winston-Salem ten years ago (June 1998) and they employed 2,089 in June 2007. After job cuts a few months ago, they now employ 1,939 people as of June 2008. Next year, they will employ 1,369. Soon they may purchase Lorillard Tobacco Company in Greensboro and layoff most of Lorillard's office workers and almost all of their factory workers. This is not a company you want to work for. They hurt the city's image, when they named two of their cancer causing products after the city in 1954.

its sad to see the company that help put W-S on the map on a steep decline. I too heard about the Lorillard purchase rumors too. Reynolds also mentioned interest in acquiring a smokeless tobacco co. we will see if history repeats itself. I seem to remember them laying off a large number of employees in '03 or '04 right before they purchased that British Tobacco Company. they later announced the addition of 1,000 new jobs.

DOWNTOWN CONSTRUCTION UPDATES AS OF 9-6-08

Marshall Street Brownstones
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last lots on Poplar Street
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SalemPlace Townhomes

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One Park Vista

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The Gallery Lofts

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Winston Factory Lofts

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Ballpark
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future Park Place condos
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small miscellaneous projects

Von Leake Condos (4 units)
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Hillcrest Furniture building renovation
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Hillcrest and AOL
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Rush! Fitness
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Jimmy Johns
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NOMA
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small building at Main and MLK
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small building at Liberty and MLK
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Doo-Wop Shops
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Good to see the updates...lovin' the brownstones and One Park Vista is lookin' good.

Im loving it, like Mcdonald's.

I like that building that is Rush Fitness, and speaking of Rush the Ballpark is building up fast, I like one park vista, is it 9 level's if so it cant be built in Greenville only thing's that are 8 or less can be built. :lol:

Great pics. I can't wait to see the new PTRP mixed use construction begin.

Published: September 20, 2008

Apartments planned near ballpark

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Journal Map by Nicholas Weir

Developers say they aren't worried about market for upscale units at $17 million complex

By Fran Daniel | Journal Reporter

Local developers are in the design stage of a $17 million apartment complex at Brookstown Avenue and Burke Street in Winston-Salem.

Kerry Avant and Thad Lewallen of Winston-Salem and Mike Cooke of Greensboro, who will develop the project under ALC Brookstown LLC, say they expect to start construction at the first of the year and complete the complex by early spring 2010.

Tentatively called the Village of West End, the four-story, upscale apartment complex is going on 1.83 acres on the sites once occupied by Graybar Electric Co. Inc. and Fritts Motor Co.

The properties are close to the downtown ballpark for the Winston-Salem Warthogs being built at Business 40, Peters Creek Parkway and First and Broad streets.

The apartment complex is the first major development spurred by the ballpark other than some businesses on Peters Creek Parkway.

The project is also near West End Village, a $70 million condominium project by West End Ventures LLC. The first two phases of West End Village have been built, but the third phase has been held up because of a slow residential market in downtown Winston-Salem.

The developers of the Village of West End say they are not worried about finding tenants for their apartments, primarily because of a market study done for them by Warren & Associates, a consulting company.

The study showed that there is a niche in the market for some upscale rental units.

"Every city has a certain market for people who just want to rent and not purchase," Avant said.

Cooke said that the rental market has not been as "affected by the credit crisis and the mortgage crisis that has been so detrimental to home-building and home sales and condo sales as well."

Not everyone agrees.

Tim Lichtenstein, a commercial broker for Miller Hatcher Commercial Real Estate, said he expects potential renters to be price-conscious until the economy gets better, especially for newer and more expensive apartments.

Lichtenstein said he is seeing more vacancies in higher-quality apartments regardless of the submarkets in Winston-Salem.

"Generally, I see Class A properties still offering concessions, meaning they are offering one- or two- months free rent or very little security deposit in an effort to get people in, or shorter term leases, maybe a six-month lease," Lichtenstein said.

Lesser apartments, usually 10 to 15 years old or older, tend to be pretty full in the Winston-Salem market, he said. "They are more affordable with the economy as it is," he said.

The Village of West End will have 136 apartments, ranging in size from one bedroom to three bedrooms and from 700 square feet to 1,200 square feet. Rents are expected to be $875 to $1,350 a month. A separate building will house a business center, clubhouse, exercise room and rooftop pool.

Most of the apartments will have covered porches. Other amenities will include hardwood floors, solid-surface counter tops and ceramic-tile baths.

The developers expect the apartment complex's proximity to the ballpark to attract potential tenants.

"With activity going on at the baseball stadium and people going from the baseball stadium to downtown, we're right there in between," Avant said.

He also said that the portion of the property along Brookstown is really part of the West End.

"You are within walking distance of Hanes Park and Grace Court," Avant said. "You've got restaurants and pubs and stuff up and down Burke Street and good access to the interstate."

http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/sep/20/apartments-planned-near-ballpark/news/

I love the old buildings in Winston-Salem. Great pics.

Group wants to develop 11-story 'green' building in town
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By Fran Daniel
Published: November 7, 2008

WRCP Properties LLC in Winston-Salem wants to develop a "green", mixed-used building called MINIM in downtown Winston-Salem.

"The whole building will be green, completely LEED-certified," said Rence Callahan, who owns WRCP with his business partners at Walter Robbs Callahan & Pierce architectural firm. The firm's offices at Trader's Row on Trade Street are also certified as a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design office project.

MINIM, a mixed-use project of residential and office condos and two small retail spaces, would be at the corner of West Fourth and Cherry streets. It would be developed where three buildings now stand: the former Legal Aid space, the former Baldwin real-estate office and the building where the Dill Pickle restaurant currently operates.

WRCP Properties has hired Howell Dunlap of Dwell Development Group LLC in Winston-Salem to manage the project.

MINIM's 17 residential condos would cost $151,900 to $532,500. Half of them would be less than $250,000, with square footage of 550 to 1,880.

Features would include high ceilings with recessed lighting, polished concrete floors, Energy Star appliances, large windows, recycling storage, water-saving toilets, and high-efficiency heating, cooling and lighting systems.

"This is minimal space," Dunlap said. "There are not a lot of extra finishes. It's only what you need. Your basic unit would come with a polished concrete floor. It's eco-friendly."

Callahan said that the 12,500-square-foot Legal Aid building would be renovated and updated. The other two buildings would be demolished to make way for a new 48,000-square-foot building with 11 floors and a mezzanine. The old and new buildings would connect as one structure with an elevator through its core.

There would be two retail spaces on the bottom level, five floors of office condos and five floors of residential condos.

WRCP Properties will primarily be aimed at young professionals.

Dunlap said that the developers want to offer the residential condos to people who are truly environmentally conscious, want to be in a LEED-certified building and want to practice what they preach.

The developers said that projects such as this one tend to take 2½ to 3 years to complete.

"If there are enough people here in Winston who want it, then we're ready to do it," Callahan said.

"We know it's the right thing. We just don't know whether it's the right thing right now."

The housing market is pretty tough right now, but Jason Thiel, the president of the Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership, said that the green concept should help the project. He also said that the office and retail space could attract more residents, since the building would offer more than just housing.

The developer has reservations for about 40 percent of the office space and is now testing the waters for interest in green condos. The company invited 300 people who work and live downtown to a two-hour sneak preview of its plans yesterday at the Chatham Building.

Of the 25 or so people who showed up early on, several said they like the project's green concept.

Tim Jennings, who has a condo in Trader's Row, said he enjoys living, working and playing downtown and would be interested in a green condo.

"I think green building is definitely the wave of the future," Jennings said.

Mary Dossinger, who lives in the West End area, said that some green housing is expensive but likes the fact that the MINIM's condos would be reasonably priced.

Still, Dossinger said, in a tough economy, she would have to wait before she could consider buying one.

JerseyBoy posted renderings of the project here:http://www.urbanplanet.org/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=42537&view=findpost&p=1026492

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Speakeasy Jazz Club closes

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This is a great project for that area. I love this concept.

City hopes that cash infusion will help Goler CDC project get back on track
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By Laura Graff | Journal Reporter

Published: December 22, 2008

Winston-Salem residents are still debating the city's decision last week to spend $770,000 to keep Goler Community Development Corp. from losing a three-acre tract at the heart of its redevelopment plan.

On one hand, some say, the three acres the city plans to buy are prime real estate -- the land connects the planned expansion of Piedmont Research Triad Park with the city's downtown arts district.

And it has history -- the Goler neighborhood was once Winston-Salem's version of Harlem and has been called by supporters "the former black Wall Street."

But, others say, the city is expecting a $3 million shortfall in this

year's budget. Hiring for all nonemergency positions has been frozen since the fall.

And the economy does not seem to be getting better.

The city council voted unanimously last Monday night to offer up to $750,000 to the Local Initiative Support Corp., or LISC, a national organization that gives grants and loans to grass-roots community-development efforts, and up to $25,000 to BB&T to buy the land. LISC and BB&T had lent Goler the money to buy a block of land between Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Seventh Street, Patterson Avenue and Chestnut Street. LISC has since closed its office in Winston-Salem and has asked for the money back.

Deputy City Manager Derwick Paige said last week that LISC has agreed to the deal. He said that the amount Goler owes to BB&T is less than $20,000, and said that the city plans to buy that loan.

Officials with LISC could not be reached for comment Friday.

Talk of rejuvenating the once-vibrant Goler neighborhood began about 10 years ago, when the Rev. Seth Lartey, who is pastor of Goler Memorial AME Zion Church, said he received a vision from God. The church, which was built in 1881 in the Goler neighborhood on North Patterson Avenue, had been planning to leave for the suburbs.

Lartey said that many of the members of his congregation did not want to move. He said he asked God for guidance and said, ultimately, that he saw a neighborhood led back to its former glory. He saw a community of homes for people of all races and all income levels. He saw shops, playgrounds and tree-lined sidewalks. The church, he said, would be the neighborhood's guide.

More than 10 years later, the neighborhood is coming along. But it is still a shadow of that vision.

The church created a separate entity, the Goler Community Development Corp., to lead the restoration.

The Goler CDC has built a 79-room affordable-housing apartment complex for senior citizens. It renovated the historic Craver Building into affordable homes for working families and built two duplexes.

The corporation is also renovating the Brown & Williamson tobacco plant on Chestnut Street and is turning the old building into loft apartments.

The complex, called the Gallery Lofts, are not as affordable. Rent there will be $850 to $1,665 a month. The Lofts are expected to be finished by May.

Initially, the Lofts were to be condominiums, but last year, citing the deteriorating economy and a glut of condominiums in the downtown area, developers changed the project to rentals.

The block the city is buying, though, is bare.

And some residents are unhappy that taxpayer dollars are paying to save it, especially when the economy is forcing them to watch their own budgets.

"I have had to cut my expenses at home," said Gerald Wood, a resident who has spoken before the city council in the past about limiting city spending. "But the city, they're just throwing money, in my opinion, at people."

Mitchell Ray Davis, who lives off Country Club Road and who also has spoken out about city spending, said he appreciates what Goler is doing.

"But I do not think that we need to take taxpayer money to support or finance private business," Davis said. "The economy is suffering right now and people are losing their jobs and we are having a problem with the budget. I just don't feel like it's the right thing to do."

Other residents are in favor of the city's purchase.

The Rev. John Mendez, who is the pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church, said he thinks that the city made the right decision in buying the land. But, he said, he would like to see city money spread equally among community development corporations.

"There are other CDCs that need support, and I think they should be supported as well," he said. "That's not knocking what Goler has done thus far -- I think that what they've done is extremely important and helpful."

City officials say that the money to buy the East Ward land comes from a fund that can't be used for other expenses.

"That money could not be used in, say, the public-safety sector," said Wanda Merschel, a council member who represents the Northwest Ward. "I really thought it was in the best interest, long-term, of the community for the city to have some control over that site until its ultimate development is continued."

Paige said that city officials also considered the land purchase a one-time expense, as opposed to a person's salary, which is paid year after year.

"Folks don't understand a lot of times, if you pay a salary, that's an ongoing expense," Paige said. "You can't use a one-time source of money to pay an on-going expense…. And folks say, ‘Why can't you use that for garbage pickup or why can't you use that for more police?' Because it's not an ongoing source."

Evon Smith, the executive director of the Goler Community Development Corp., referred questions to the corporation's board chairman, Michael Suggs.

"We're not going to make a comment at this point," Suggs said Thursday. "I don't have anything else to say."

Lartey said that, because of the city's purchase, the corporation would revamp its original plans for the block.

"The next plan for the neighborhood is for us to go back to the drawing board and monitor the economy," Lartey said, "and have a continuum of opportunities to seek financing for the plan that we had hoped to implement in the area. And then go from there."

The land the city has bought is part of the CDC's planned "Heights at Patterson," which, based on Goler's sketches, will be a walkable neighborhood with shops and homes. The city's purchase means that those plans could change, Paige said. Goler will have to submit new plans to the city, and those plans now will have to include public space, such as a park or parking lot.

Lartey said that Goler's 15-acre project, when complete, will have cost about $100 million. He said that the corporation needs to raise about $38.4 million to renovate the block the city is buying. He said he knows that people question the amount of time Goler has taken to renovate the neighborhood, but said that much of that time was spent buying land.

Still, Lartey said, "this is not the time for skepticism."

"Part of those 10 years, five or six, were dedicated to just the acquisition of land, the reassembling of land," Lartey said. "So when you divide up what we've done, you'll notice that actual work in terms of out of the ground, has been over the last three or four years.… Really, what we've done in the last 10 years is really sort of a miracle."
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NOMA Now Open!
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New Restaurant on Fourth St. NOMA, downtown’s newest dining establishment, has opened at Fourth and Marshall streets. With 5,400 square feet and seating for 150, the restaurant will have a smoking bar/lounge with flat panel televisions on the street level, and a non-smoking upper floor with a full service restaurant and 16-tap bar. Future plans call for a Martini Lounge in the basement. Winston-Salem's newest hotspot serves lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch.

Love it!

NOMA is a very nice addition to Downtown. I am glad to see that it turned out so well.

photos from my holiday visit

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new ballpark for the W-S Dash

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entrance into Winston-Salem State University

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Winston-Salem is lookin' good. I've never been before, but it sure looks like a great city to explore! Thanks for the photos.

I'm going to have to get up to Winston for a photoshoot sometime soon. Few cities of its size in the South have as much historic stock downtown as Winston. Thanks for the shots. :okay:

Thanks for the replies!

Demolition crews clear out old building to make room for new arts center
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By Laura Graff | Journal Reporter

Published: January 5, 2009

The walls have been torn down and the ceiling knocked out at the old United Automotive Service Building on Spruce Street downtown.

At the Sawtooth building next door, the paintings have long been gone, the workshops long empty. Red spray paint marks what will be ripped out starting next week: The walls, the doors and, yes, even the maze that snaked around the Sawtooth School of the Arts' gallery.

The black-box theater and new studio spaces that will go in their places are still blueprint visions, but crews started last week gutting the buildings to make way for the Downtown Center for the Arts -- an $11 million complex that will be owned by the Winston-Salem Forsyth County Arts Council and home to the Hanesbrands Theatre and Sawtooth School for Visual Art.

Construction cannot begin until all the permits are approved, but crews can demolish the inside of the buildings.

The complex is supposed to be finished by spring or summer 2010, said Richard Emmett, the Arts Council's chief operating officer. The council has raised $21 million of the $26 million it needs to build and operate the complex, Emmett said. The council is planning a groundbreaking ceremony at the complex for Jan. 29. He said that the council would start a fundraising drive at the ceremony to raise the remaining $5 million.

Emmett said that the Downtown Center for the Arts will be built, whether the council raises the money or not. The council already has been approved for a construction loan from BB&T, he said.

"It's still a lot of money," he said. "But construction is a go."

The question will be whether the council can afford to open the center, he said.

"Unless we get the money, we might have to delay," he said.

The Arts Council has hired the Frank L. Blum construction company as the general contractor for the project.

On Wednesday, Mark Gill, the project superintendent who works for the construction company, walked around the old United Automotive garage and pointed out the highlights of the new theater.

The stage will face Spruce Street. Fire doors will become art pieces. A balcony will ring the garage. Crews will remove the roof and reinforce the metal roof supports, so theater curtains can hang from them. The roof will then be replaced.

The building's old offices will become the theater's lobby, with ticket-sales kiosks and a concessions stand.

The theater could be host to some of the city's theater companies -- the N.C. Black Repertory Co., the Little Theatre of Winston-Salem and the Children's Theatre of Winston-Salem. Those companies perform now at the Hanes Community Center theater on Coliseum Drive.

Emmett said he expects construction to begin on the Hanesbrands Theatre at the Sawtooth building after the city inspections department reviews and approves the construction plans.

"This is a big project," he said. "We're excited to be able to go forward."

http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/jan/05/a-clean-sweep-demolition-crews-clear-out-old-build/news/

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Absolutely phenomenal pics of Winston.

Friday, January 2, 2009

Major-league hopes

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by Bertrand M. Gutierrez The Business Journal

WINSTON-SALEM — Delayed ballpark construction. A major ownership change. A down economy.

One might think these factors swirling around the $38 million ballpark under construction in downtown Winston-Salem would daunt Billy Prim, owner of the city’s minor-league baseball team.

But with just four months left before the inaugural game of the 2009 season, Prim remains bullish. In fact, he says the ballpark will give other minor-league outfits a bad case of stadium-envy.

It isn’t just that the ballpark will have the old-timey look of a Camden Yards or that it has a prime location on Business 40. In Prim’s view, its cache also will come from being inclusive.

“What I am really proud of is we’ve tried to design a ballpark that is built for diversity,” Prim says. “We’ve tried to build it for everyone — kids and their families, business people, younger adults — everyone.”

To be sure, the ballpark project comes with a lot more than peanuts and Cracker Jacks.

With an estimated public-private investment of $200 million over several years, the ballpark and its surrounding development is one of the top projects downtown in many years. It involves a mixed-use development on nearly 40 acres of land, with hotels, as well as office, retail and residential space.

Like any ambitious project, it hasn’t been immune to obstacles.

Prim acknowledges that the 5,500-seat ballpark won’t be ready in April, by the time the minor-league Winston-Salem Dash plays its first game.

Construction slowed in the fall while Prim worked out details to buy out his partner in the team and stadium, Andrew “Flip” Filipowski. The sale, completed in late November, was supposed to pave the way for resolution of financing issues with the stadium. And, with construction already well under way, Prim announced plans to expand the project, adding more concessions and other features at the stadium, driving up costs from $22.6 million to $38 million in the process.

In a recent interview, Prim said that those issue are now behind and it is full speed ahead for the project.

“I think you’re going to see some major announcements next year for phase-two development,” Prim says.

He declined to say what those projects might be.

If Prim is confident about seeing the project through, it’s because he already has invested a lot of sweat equity and money into it.

Over the past few years, Prim has bought nearly 40 acres, parcel by parcel, in a blighted neighborhood that once sat on the current ballpark site, as well as the surrounding area.

He also negotiated hard to get financial backing from the city and Forsyth County by making the case that the overall project, once complete, would replace blight with a larger tax base.

But its value goes beyond the material, Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines says.

Already popular as a good place for retirees, Winston-Salem has been on a push for 10 years to round out its offerings in the areas of culture, jobs and entertainment.

Thus, city-sponsored programs such as Restaurant Row have helped bring several restaurants to the downtown area. Similarly, the city, hungry to attract more professionals to the downtown Piedmont Triad Research Park, for example, has helped pump money into the ballpark project.

“The ballpark and research park are two very important projects,” Joines says. “The ballpark helps to create energy and vibrancy, and that helps as we try to recruit and retain professionals and new companies.”

Very interesting, indeed!! :yes:

Dash? What happened to the Warthogs?

"Warthogs" is over. "Dash" is the new team name. It represents the hyphen between Winston and Salem. Some like it..some HATE it. I think most will grow to love it once the name sticks. Prim and his marketing team chose Dash from the ongoing "name the team" contest. He says its so absrtact that it makes the team easier to market.

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my photos dont do the stadium justice, but this video does!
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this is the sickest project downtown has seen in a long time!

Wow, well I hate the name. "Warthogs" didn't do much for me either, though.

from the January issue of the downtown newspaper...

W-S's version of Bryant Park looking for public funds
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DWSP president Jason Thiel and developer Kerry Avant are seeking public funds for the park portion of Civic Plaza...describing it as crucial to the future of downtown.

the surrounding 220,000 sf mixed-use development would include 100 residential units, 90,000 sf of office space and 30,000 sf of retail space with underground parking.

The new ballpark is going to be awesome. I am really looking forward to catching some games there. I actually like the name Dash. It is alot better than some of the other proposed names.

I hope the park gets the funding it needs. It will increase the quality of life of those living and working in that area.

Kernel Kustard announces new store for downtown
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Downtown Winston-Salem is about to become even tastier!

With opening slated for early April 2009, Kernel Kustard will delight citizens of Winston-Salem (and indeed North Carolinians far and wide) as the new specialty store comes to life, in the heart of downtown Winston-Salem.

The new location is on the ground level of the historic Nissen Building (on the corner of 4th Street and Cherry Street). The Kernel will offer a selection of gourmet fire-roasted popcorn in warm caramel corn, cheddar corn and butter & sea salt flavors, in addition to fresh frozen kustard, hot dogs, Italian beef, Italian sausage, fresh Angus hamburgers and fresh-cut fries that have made him famous. Along with the mouthwatering Chicago fare that his fans have come to know and love, the Kernel will be introducing some new specialties and menu items to mark this momentous occassion. New offerings include frozen tart yogurt - a taste and health sensation which began in LA, along with a modest yet premium beer and wine selection.

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Hall of Justice expansion, renovations could cost $82 million

By Wesley Young | Journal Reporter

Published: January 12, 2009

Architects have presented the plans for a Hall of Justice addition that would nearly double the size of the existing building and meet courthouse needs for the next 20 years.

The building comes with a hefty price tag -- about $82 million, including $65 million to add a seven-floor tower beside the original 1975 building, and $17.5 million to renovate the existing building into needed office space for court functions.

The architectural firm of Walter Robbs Callahan and Pierce found that long-term growth projections call for a 93 percent increase over 20 years in the space that will be needed by court-related agencies. Architects told Forsyth County officials that the core court functions -- superior and district courts, the clerk of court and bailiff -- are using 72 percent of the existing building and would account for 78 percent of the needed extra space.

A top concern that was not on the radar when the Hall of Justice was built is security. Chang-Ming Yeh, a planning consultant for courts who helped with the plans, said that though Courtroom 6A is the building's largest, with 3,500 square feet and a seating capacity of 202, it can't be used for criminal cases because prisoners would have to share hallways with the general public to get to the courtroom.

To improve courtroom security, the proposed addition moves all but two courtrooms over to the new addition and positions them in the building so that areas used by inmates, court personnel and the general public are kept separate.

The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners was briefed on the plan Thursday but probably won't decide until a February retreat how the building would fit in any long-range construction plans.

"We are going to have a lot of big decisions to make," said Commissioner Debra Conrad, who said she thought that the plans make a lot of sense.

"We have been working on this forever," she said. "Where we go from here I'm not quite sure."

The tightening of credit means that general obligation bonds -- if approved by the voters -- might be the only way to pay for the building if commissioners want to take quick action, County Manager Dudley Watts said.

Commissioner Walter Marshall is skeptical of the plans. He said that technological innovations may reduce the need for as much space as the plan calls for, and he indicated that safety concerns are overblown.

"You are more likely to be struck by lightning than to be hurt in the court system," Marshall said. "Given the state of the economy, this doesn't seem to be a real forward-looking plan because it talks about increasing space, not eliminating space."

Philip Toelkes, the county's trial-court administrator, said that the plans got a thumbs-up when people who work in the Hall of Justice learned of them at a meeting.

"Everybody likes it. It is a good plan," Toelkes said. "The security for the judges and court staff has always been a concern."

http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/jan/12/hall-of-justice-addition-would-improve-security/news/

recent downtown photos with project updates

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Awesome, awesome, awesome pics! These belongs in the general Southern forum.

Awesome, awesome, awesome pics! These belongs in the general Southern forum.

I second that! I love those photos. :cheers:

Thanksgiving visit

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I know its late, but thanks to both of you.

GREAT PICS!

Winston-Salem buys hybrid buses; aims for fuel savings
http://news14.com/triangle-news-30-content/top_stories/622072/winston-salem-buys-hybrid-buses--aims-for-fuel-savings
:cheers:

Recent photos...WFU, UNCSA, downtown, ballpark etc.

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Wakey Wakey Winston - Salem!

( Since when did this become a photo gallery?)

Let's find a gear and drive this baby into 2011!! :)

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But first, we gotta get off this slow-loading page...

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Ok, relaunch time! :)


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Winston Salem Skyline (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cellphonesusie/8694984584/) by Susan Sharpless Smith (http://www.flickr.com/people/cellphonesusie/), on Flickr

the Journal (http://www2.journalnow.com/business/2011/jun/09/demand-continues-downtown-winston-salem-rental-pro-ar-1106823/)


Demand continues for downtown Winston-Salem rental properties, official says
By Richard Craver
Published: June 09, 2011

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Downtown Winston-Salem has arrived at another crossroads with its housing market. Despite having 1,194 units in the downtown core – and 1,960 overall – pent-up demand continues to build, particularly for rental space, according to Jason Thiel, president of the Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership.

That’s the bright side of the issue, Thiel told about 150 attendees today during a presentation updating downtown initiatives that also involved Piedmont Triad Research Park and the Center for Design Innovation. Thiel said downtown’s housing challenge is trying to balance pent-up demand with the dynamics of supply and demand that appear to be driving rental costs up. Thiel said that the downtown housing units are 60 percent rental and 40 percent owned. “The question is determining how many more units are needed, thus the opportunity and the risk,” Thiel said. “We need a diversity of housing where multiple income levels work.”

The 2010 Census shows population growth of 36.9 percent over past 10 years, from 1,499 to 2,052, in the city center's primary census tract. Even though three of the five census tracts lost residents, downtown had a net gain of almost 1,000.

Thiel said he knows of about 185 rental housing units in the planning stage, including 110 units for the Hilltop House development at 234 S. Cherry St. Bud Baker, the former top executive of Wachovia Corp., is aiming Hilltop House at students, young professionals or retirees looking to downsize. Rents will range from $650 to $850 a month for units in the older section and will range from $825 to $1,050 in the new building.

Another project is the due-diligence stage is with U.S. Development Co. of Columbia, S.C., which is planning a mixed-use project on Trade Street that would include 60 high-end studio and one-bedroom units for rent on three floors of Coe Plaza in the $700-a-month range. It also has plans for a restaurant and retail shops on the first floor, “We’re still waiting for the suburban housing markets to free up enough so that people who want to buy a unit downtown can sell their house to be able to do so,” Thiel said.

Doug Edgeton, the president of the research park, said that construction on Research Park Boulevard will begin by late summer and take about 18 months to complete. The four-lane road will run from Stadium Boulevard to Third Street. It's estimated the project will cost $8 million, according to documents given to the Winston-Salem City Council. The N.C. Transportation Department has allocated $4 million, with the city and Forsyth County paying the rest. City officials intend to use $2.8 million in repaid Dell Inc. incentive money for the project. The city and county will pay the remaining $1.2 million with money that the City-County Utility Commission makes by selling water outside of the county.

Carol Strohecker, director of the Center for Design Innovation, said officials have resumed architectural and site-preparation efforts for its planned three-story building in the research park. She said the center is considering an indoor amphitheater-type auditorium. The UNC system acquired in January nearly four acres in the South District. Construction has been projected to begin by the end of the year. The land cost slightly more than $1 million. The money came from a pot of more than $11 million in state-allocated capital funds Winston-Salem State University has been holding for several years for the center.

The center has been operating since 2007 at a temporary site in Winston Tower. It was established in 2005 as a multicampus research center of the UNC system, the result of a partnership between WSSU, UNC School of the Arts and Forsyth Technical Community College. WSSU is handling the design and building of the center, and the UNC School of the Arts will oversee its maintenance and operations.

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Of course I'll contribute. :)

June 9, 2011

Cancer Center Expansion Underway
http://www.wakehealth.edu/uploadedImages/User_Content/AboutUs/News_Media_Resources/Download_Center/WFBMC_Cancer_Ctr_expansion_rendering.jpg
$125 Million Project Will Create Region’s First Free-standing Cancer Hospital

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center has begun site preparation for the construction of a six-floor addition to its Comprehensive Cancer Center.

The $125 million project will add four inpatient floors, one day hospital floor, and one administrative floor, consolidating inpatient and outpatient services in a free-standing cancer hospital, the first such facility in the region.

full press release:

http://www.wakehealth.edu/News-Releases/2011/Cancer_Center_Expansion_Underway_at_Wake_Forest_Baptist_Medical_Center.htm?utm_source=wakehealthhome&utm_medium=web&utm_content=cccexpansion&utm_campaign=itn2011

Investors Want To Turn Old RJR Buildings into Apartments, Retail Space

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP)— A developer and a former NFL player want to turn some former RJR buildings into hundreds of upscale apartments and lots of retail space.

Tom Neimann, a Durham developer, and Christopher Harrison, former player with the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings, are acquiring the buildings on Fourth Street with plans to turn them into what they call Plant 64.

The $60 million project involves creating 243 upscale apartments and 10,000 square feet of retail space. Jason Thiel with the Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership said it would be the largest apartment complex in downtown.

Niemann said he has been watching Winston-Salem's growth since the 1990s and believes the timing for this project is perfect. Thiel agrees.

"It's what we are seeing: The 'For Rent' market has been underserved, particularly in downtown. All of the units built in downtown are leased out," Thiel said.

Camino Bakery just opened up this week on Fourth Street. Manager Austin Pfeiffer said they picked the location because they noticed more people living in the area and going there for entertainment.

"This is definitely becoming an urban center rather than a place where people work in offices," Pfieffer said.

However, the business climate is also playing a role in building the big project. The developers cited the opening of the Wake Forest Biotech Place next year and the overall resurgence of the Piedmont Triad Research Park as other reasons for moving forward with their plans.

The developers hope to have financing in place and construction ready to start by February. They would like to see the project completed by mid-2013.


http://www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-investors-want-to-turn-rjr-buildings-into-apartments-retail-space-20110805,0,2202093.story

Investors Want To Turn Old RJR Buildings into Apartments, Retail Space

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP)— A developer and a former NFL player want to turn some former RJR buildings into hundreds of upscale apartments and lots of retail space.

Tom Neimann, a Durham developer, and Christopher Harrison, former player with the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings, are acquiring the buildings on Fourth Street with plans to turn them into what they call Plant 64.

The $60 million project involves creating 243 upscale apartments and 10,000 square feet of retail space. Jason Thiel with the Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership said it would be the largest apartment complex in downtown.

Niemann said he has been watching Winston-Salem's growth since the 1990s and believes the timing for this project is perfect. Thiel agrees.

"It's what we are seeing: The 'For Rent' market has been underserved, particularly in downtown. All of the units built in downtown are leased out," Thiel said.

Camino Bakery just opened up this week on Fourth Street. Manager Austin Pfeiffer said they picked the location because they noticed more people living in the area and going there for entertainment.

"This is definitely becoming an urban center rather than a place where people work in offices," Pfieffer said.

However, the business climate is also playing a role in building the big project. The developers cited the opening of the Wake Forest Biotech Place next year and the overall resurgence of the Piedmont Triad Research Park as other reasons for moving forward with their plans.

The developers hope to have financing in place and construction ready to start by February. They would like to see the project completed by mid-2013.


http://www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-investors-want-to-turn-rjr-buildings-into-apartments-retail-space-20110805,0,2202093.story

This is huge news for PTRP's North District.

4th & Linden Street
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-parking on the 1st floor
-rooftop terrace overlooking 5th street

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portion of the RJR parking lot will be reserved for residents. A covered walkway will cross over 5th Street.


The site today.
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looks nice! thanks for posting pics!

A former tobacco warehouse in downtown Winston-Salem will soon be home to 86 new apartments.

Winston Factory Lofts, home to 85 apartments on Main and Sixth streets, bought the building next door and will begin renovating it in February.

The new building will house 86 apartments and include other amenities such as its own movie theater, a large gym, a gaming room and a rooftop deck.

The new apartments will open in summer 2013.

http://www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-old-tobacco-warehouse-to-be-converted-to-apartments-in-winstonsalem-20120118,0,3080467.story

WSSU Construction boom (http://www.journalnow.com/news/local/collection_79afa0a2-36b5-11e2-842b-001a4bcf6878.html)

The Donald J Reaves Student Activities Center is seen under construction on the WSSU campus, Fri., Nov. 2, 2012.
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WSSU's Student Success Center

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Winston Factory Lofts

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Remediaton and redevelopment work at Reynolds plant underway

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Bailey Power Plant Entertainment Center
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Current plans call for 2 restaurants, a club, independent cinema, offices and conference space. I'm sure they can change as the completion date gets closer. Space should be available by next Summer.

more here:
http://cra-llc.net/pdfs/office/Bailey%20Power%20Plan%20Flier%20CCC.pdf

Bailey Park at East End
opposite the Power Plant.
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