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THE
DOWNTOWN PLAN
with its newest revisions and updates was
approved by City Council on July 16. The final
document
is
in production and will be available soon at the
offices of the Downtown Winston-Salem
Partnership.
TWO-WAY
TRAFFIC ON SIXTH STREET
is now a reality between Cherry and Main
streets. The final section between Cherry and
Marshall
will be completed at a later date. Other
downtown streets to be made 2-way in the future
include Fifth between Broad and
Summit
and from Liberty to Martin Luther King, Jr.
Boulevard; and Third between Cherry and Liberty.
ONE
PARK VISTA,
the luxury condominium project on Fourth Street
between Cherry and Trade, continues its
construction phase.
Currently
the concrete structure is being poured with the
“topping out” of the building anticipated around
the first of November. Sales of
the
33 units are in progress with a target
completion date of June, 2008. Prices begin in
the high $200,000’s. Call Leonard Ryden Burr
Real
Estate at 779-9200.
OFFICE
VACANCY
in Downtown has continued its healthy trend of
dropping significantly since January 2005 to its
current level of 22.1%
according
to the recent survey released by Michael Clapp
and Associates of Winston-Salem.
LIBERTY
PLACE CONDOMINIUMS
is now site-ready for construction to begin
sometime between now and October. Demolition of
the
old
Auto Zone building at Liberty and Seventh has
been completed. For more information, contact
Dolores Hill at ERA Piedmont Realty,
722-6142;
or Project Manager, Jessica Siu, at 462-2143.
THE
ARTISTS ON LIBERTY BUILDING (AOL)
is moving forward quickly with over half of the
10 second floor apartments scheduled to be
completed
by August. Pre-leasing is underway with rents
ranging from $800 to $1200 per month. For
information or an on-site visit,
contact
Gena Knighten at 703-1503.
TALON
PROPERTIES
has purchased the building at 201 N. Broad
Street at Second. The 15,600 s.f., 3-story
building, will undergo
extensive
renovations to the interior and also to the
façade. For lease information call John Ruffin
at Meridian Realty 722-1986.
THE
STATE OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LUNCHEON
will be held on Tuesday, August 7, from 11:30
a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the
Embassy
Suites Grand Pavilion Ballroom. The Rotary Club
of Winston-Salem, the
Twin
City Quarter and the Winston-Salem Chamber
of
Commerce
will host the luncheon. It is an opportunity to
update the business community on the area’s
major private sector economic
development
initiates. Contact
sclark@winstonsalem.com.
EYES
ON THE STREET
is the image behind a new decal produced by the
Public Safety Network of the Downtown
Winston-Salem
Partnership.
The purpose of the decal is to raise awareness
of safety and to make emergency numbers to the
Police Department, as well
as
the Downtown Bike Patrol, readily available. To
receive a decal to place on your door and become
extra “Eyes on the Street,” call 354-
1500.
CONGRATULATIONS
TO DWSP
MEMBERS
who are finalists in the Business Journal’s
competition for Best Places to Work:
Forsyth
Technical
Community College, Novant Health, Prudential
Carolinas Realty and Winston-Salem State
University in the large company
category;
Frank L. Blum Construction Co. and ISP Sports in
the midsize company category; and Constangy,
Brooks & Smith in the small
company
category. The winners will be selected by votes
cast in each category.
DOWNTOWN
WINSTON-SALEM PARTNERSHIP MEETINGS THIS MONTH
August
1 9:30 a.m. DWSP
Foundation DWSP
Office
10:30 a.m. DWSP Executive
Committee DWSP Office
August
3 8:30 a.m. Parking Task
Force DWSP Office
August
6 3:30 p.m. DWSP Board of
Directors
Chamber of Commerce
August
8 8:30 a.m. Public Safety
Network
DWSP Office
August
10 8:00 a.m. Infrastructure
Committee
DWSP Office
August
15 8:00 a.m. Real Estate
Roundtable
AOL Bldg. 521 Liberty St.
August
17 8:30 a.m. Development
Committee
3rd Floor, City Hall
August
27 4:00 p.m. Restaurant & Club
Roundtable
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