Downtown Developments

Downtown Developments

November 2007

A VETERANS DAY PARADE will be held this Saturday, November 10, at 10 a.m. It will begin at Spring Street and proceed east on Fourth Street to Liberty and south on Liberty to Corpening Plaza.

COE PLAZA is the name that will be given to developer Mike Coe’s latest purchase in the Arts District. Now known as City Plaza, the 55,000 s.f... building with entrances on Cherry, Fifth and Trade, will be renovated to include offices, retail, and residential apartments. Construction could start as early as the first part of 2008.

Downtown Winston-Salem

Partnership, Inc.

500 West Fourth Street

Suite 101

Winston-Salem, NC 27101

336.354.1500 t

336.722.0746 f

www.dwsp.org

SAVE THE DATE! Saturday, December 1, will mark the kick-off of downtown holiday events. The Jaycees Holiday Parade will begin at 5 p.m. on Fourth Street followed by the City Christmas Tree Lighting Celebration produced by the Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership which begins at 6:30 in Corpening Plaza. The City is providing a 40 foot plus LIVE tree which will be lit following a program of singing, dancing, treats for the children and SANTA CLAUS. It’s the best show in town that is FREE for the whole community.

THE RUSH 24/7 Fitness Center has signed a lease for 22,000 s.f. in the Twin City Building at the corner of Fourth and Marshall. The center promises to have state of the art fitness equipment, free weights, Pilates, spinning, kick boxing and yoga. Amenities at centers in other cities include a rock climbing station, tanning beds, whirlpools, and steam and sauna rooms. A temporary workout facility will be set up by December 1 at Cat’s Corner while The Rush is under construction.

THE ANNEX AT BROOKSTOWN LLC has purchased the former Carswell Business Systems building at 126 Brookstown Avenue for the purpose of building a conference center that will be an addition to the Brookstown Inn. The center, which will total approximately 5,000 s.f. will be licensed by the International Association of Conference Centers which currently has only one member, Graylyn International Conference Center, in Winston-Salem. Renovations are set to begin soon with completion sometime in 2008.

ANOTHER RESTAURANT FOR FOURTH STREET will soon be added to Eat St. Chris Barnes, owner of the popular Sixth and Vine restaurant in the Arts District has leased the former Kababs space at the corner of Fourth and Marshall. The bar and grille will have a sleek, contemporary look while serving upscale bar food. Both levels of the building will be utilized. Upfitting is underway with a March opening anticipated.

THE WORLD EXCHANGE, a retail business supplied by Winston-Salem Sister Cities, has opened at 420 N. Cherry Street next to the Downtown Bike Patrol Office. Items from Moldova, Ghana, Nassau, and Shanghai, China will be sold to support art scholarships, entrepreneurial loans, educational exchanges, and school equipment in the Sister Cities.

GOLER HEIGHTS continues to add to its master plan with the latest initiative of 150 residential units for sale and rent on Patterson Avenue. A 4-story building is planned which will include 15,000 s.f. of ground floor retail. The mixed-use project should be complete by 2009.

WORLD CAMP, INC has just moved its international headquarters into the Artists on Liberty (AOL) Building at 521 North Liberty St. World Camp is a non-profit that conducts volunteer programs in Malawi (Africa), Honduras, and India teaching HIV/AIDS and environmental education in rural primary schools. They will be involved in the First Friday Gallery Hop and holding regular business hours, so please stop by their new office! For more information, visit www.worldcampforkids.org or call 336-723-7900.

THE JON KUHN STUDIO BUILDING at 701 N. Liberty Street is currently undergoing major exterior renovations. The improvements include a complete makeover to the building exterior as well as a new grand entrance on the north side of the building, which is approximately 25,000 s.f. in size. Renovations also include a new parking lot adjacent to the building on the north side of the property. Jon Kuhn is regarded as one of the leading glass artists in the world.

THE TATTOO ARCHIVE, THE BOOK MISTRESS AND THE PAUL ROGERS TATTOO RESEARCH CENTER have relocated from Berkeley California after 24 years to 618 W. Fourth Street in the Bolich Building. The Tattoo Archive was formed in 1980 and is a working tattoo studio doing custom tattooing. The BookMistress sells tattoo related books, cards and postcards. The Paul Rogers Tattoo Research Center (PRTRC) is a nonprofit corporation, the basis of which is the extensive tattoo collection of famous North Carolina tattooist Paul Rogers who practiced his craft for decades before his death. Opening this month, the Tattoo Archive will do business Monday through Saturday from noon to 8 p.m.

THE PIEDMONT TRIAD RESEARCH PARK has leased space in Albert Hall to two new nanotechnology companies that could be conducting research by the end of the year. FiberCell, Inc. and PlexiLight Inc. are nanotechnology ventures that are developing solar cells and lighting systems respectively. They are still assembling their work forces.

DOWNTOWN 101 will be held for the last time this year on Tuesday, November 27. Facilitated by the Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership, this 3-hour seminar from 8 -11 a.m. is full of information for those interested in starting a business downtown or simply learning more about the downtown market. Click on picture below for more info. To register, e-mail admin@dwsp.org.

DESIGNED BY SNOOZE is a new studio in the Artists on Liberty Building which carries personalized stationery, business cards, invitations, Christmas cards and unique papers from all over the world. For the holidays, an entire room is devoted to stocking stuffers and holiday ideas. The studio is open Tuesday-Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm, for Gallery Hops on the first Friday of every month and by appointment.

STIMMEL ASSOCIATES, P.A. has added three new employees: Omar Ching PE, Project Engineer; Cassie Roznovsky and Bill Davis, Landscape Architectural Technicians. Stimmel Associates is a landscape architectural, land planning and civil engineering firm with offices at 601 N. Trade Street.

KINGZ DOWNTOWN MARKET is getting closer to opening everyday. Construction is well underway and a Downtown Grocery store will become a reality at the end of November when Kingz will open its doors at 418 N. Liberty St.

THE DOWNTOWN BASEBALL STADIUM now has a construction cam that people can log onto and view LIVE and time lapse shots of the site. Click here to view the construction cam.

DID YOU KNOW………that the Infrastructure Committee of the Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership conducted a Development Coordination Forum on October 23 for the exciting Union Station project on the site of the former Davis Garage Twenty-two representatives of private utility companies, City Public Works Department, Planning, engineering companies and private developers met to exchange ideas and information in order for the project to proceed smoothly and in a timely manner. It is slated to begin in the spring of 2009 with completion in 2011. The DWSP facilitates Development Coordination Forums for any developer with plans for a project in the downtown area.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ………..

SilkRoad Technology, Inc. for being recognized as Technology Business of the Year, and to ISP Sports for being chosen Entrepreneurial Success of the Year. The awards were presented at the 2007 Small Business Awards Luncheon hosted by the Twin City Quarter, the WS Chamber of Commerce, and the City of Winston-Salem;

Betty Quick of Womble Carlyle for being named the recipient of the annual North Carolina Chief Justice’s Commission on professionalism award. It was established to honor a N. C. attorney, law firm or organization for contributions to the betterment of the legal profession.

BEST WISHES TO OFFICER CHARLES MCCOY of the Downtown Bike Patrol who was injured in a training accident on October 15. Officer McCoy is now recovering at home and reportedly making good progress.

BALD EAGLE TECHNOLOGIES is the official IT partner of the DWSP. For your IT needs, please feel free to contact them by visiting their website.