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Total number of employees


20,000

Residential population (2 mi radius)

38,364

Downtown Church Membership

13,391

Daily bus rides/transfers

10,000

 

MAJOR EMPLOYERS

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

200

BB&T

655

City of Winston-Salem

2400

Forsyth County

1900

GMAC Insurance

1300

Winston-Salem Journal

450

RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company

1400

Wachovia Corporation

2700

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice

700

Bell South

140

Piedmont Triad Research Park

400

 

RECENTLY COMPLETED AND PLANNED PROJECTS

  • Completed

     

    531 N. Trade Street Apartments (4 units)

     

    One West Fifth Street (14 unit residential)

     

    Marriott / Embassy Suites Renovation (584,000 s.f.)

     

    Foothills Microbrewery (10,000 s.f.)

     

    The Mill at Tar Branch (64,000 s.f.)

     

    The Children's Museum (26,000 s.f.)

     

    Office Building Trade and 7th (2,000 s.f.)

     

    The Winston Cup Museum (12,000 s.f.)

    Nissen Building (145 residential units)

    Holly Village (6 work/live units)

    Tar Branch Towers (30 residential units)

    Mellow Mushroom Restaurant (Nissen Annex)

    Winston Tower Renovation (600,000 s.f.)

    Piedmont Leaf Lofts Phase II (33 residential units)
    Trader's Row (Trade St. office, retail, 16 condos)
    Truliant Victory Member Center (Goler Area)
    Goler AME Church Family Life Center
    First Pres. Church (New Sanctuary)
    The Russell Advertising Agency (9,000 s.f.)

  • Under Construction

     West End Village (250 condos)
    One Park Vista (33 Condos on 4th St.)

    Holly Ridge Condominiums (9 units)

    Salem Place Townhomes (38  Townhomes, Marshall St.)
  • Planned

     

    Civic Plaza Development (TBD)

     

    Goler-Depot Street Mixed Use Development

    248 S. Main (39 Condos)
    The Gallery Lofts (77 lofts in Goler Area)

CONVENTION ACTIVITY
Non-Leasable Space

Benton Convention Center

90,000 s.f.

Twin City Quarter

70,000 s.f.

 

DOWNTOWN HOTELS / MOTELS

Marriott

316 rooms

Embassy Suites

147 rooms

Hawthorne Inn

161 rooms

Best Western Salem Inn & Suites

129 rooms

Brookstown Inn

71 rooms

Wingate Inn

112 rooms

Total

936 rooms

 

DOWNTOWN ATTRACTIONS
(annual visitors 2004)

Benton Convention Center

 

Sawtooth Building

30,000

Visitor Center

20,000

Stevens Center

84,454

Old Salem/Museum of Early Southern

 

Decorative Arts/The Gallery at Old Salem

411,118

Winston-Salem Library Main Branch

355,162

City Market

10,000

Winston Square Park

3,000

Corpening Plaza

20,000

Millennium Center

50,000

 

SPECIAL EVENTS / FESTIVALS

Music in the Streets

70,000

Rock the Block 2005

30,000

Fiesta

10,000

QUICK POPULATION FACTS
Total Population
 1-mi Radius: 8,918
 2-mi Radius: 38,364
 3-mi Radius: 70,185

Median Age
 1-mi Radius: 32.81
 2-mi Radius: 32.66
 3-mi Radius: 33.27

Total Retail Sales Potential
 1-mi Radius: $ 131,059,353
 2-mi Radius: $ 563,683,161
 3-mi Radius: $1,028,085,624

Source: Claritas SiteReports, August 12, 2004


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