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Sure, if you spend enough time there but, probably not to the casual observer or passer-by.
I was just in that area yesterday...it is not a dead zone because of the vacant building, but very much the opposite. It's a busy place even without this building being occupied, so it hasn't had a great negative effect on the surrounding area. There are other large, occupied office buildings next door to it and lots of residential that keep the area lively.
This will be Wexford Science & Technology's fifth project for the IQ...the company's total investment so far stands at $390 million. This one will have entertainment/restaurant spaces, offices, and lab space in the heart of the IQ in downtown Winston-Salem.
"110,800 square feet of new office, entertainment and retail space in what is called Building 23-2 — the five-story main structure of the plant. “We’re in the process of speaking with prospective tenants right now, so there could be a wide variety of different types of companies locating in the power plant,” said Will Partin, senior project manager of development for Wexford, a BioMed Realty company. Wexford also plans to develop outdoor communal spaces aimed at complementing the adjacent Bailey Park on Patterson Avenue. Wexford expects to begin construction this spring. Portions of the main building are expected to be occupied late in the summer of 2017, while the entire main building and surrounding grounds will be completed by December 2017.
For the remaining portions of Bailey Power Plant, Wake Forest Innovation Quarter plans to work with additional developers to repurpose two smaller buildings, known as the Morris Building and Building 23-1, on the southeast and southwest corners of the property."
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The Art Deco Pepper Building in downtown Winston-Salem has been sold to IHG and is to become the Triad's first Hotel Indigo. It was built in 1928 and has six floors.
"The three-story structure will be a modern design with translucent walls and red highlights that echo the red pipe sculpture and other fixtures in the nearby ARTivity on the Green park that the arts group opened last year.
The translucent walls on the second and third floors will serve a double function: In the daytime they will provide a diffuse light that will be of help to the artists in their studios, and at night the lights inside the building will create a distinctive glow visible from the outside."
Wow...another "boutique" hotel for W-S, right on the heels on the RJR, now Kimpton/Cardinal Hotel. JoeTarheel, where did you hear it's going to be a Hotel Indigo? I saw one mention of this being "on hold" on http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=208669
Wow...another "boutique" hotel for W-S, right on the heels on the RJR, now Kimpton/Cardinal Hotel. JoeTarheel, where did you hear it's going to be a Hotel Indigo? I saw one mention of this being "on hold" on WINSTON-SALEM | Development Guide - SkyscraperPage Forum
Wise Man Brewing is preparing to open at 826 N. Main Street in the building that once housed Angelo Bros. wholesaling, which had been in business for 91 years when it closed in 2008. The building, which was constructed in 1929, provides 18,977 square feet, and is sited on 0.69 acres. Winston-Salem's fourth brewery, it will house both a brewery and taproom. Locations in both Greensboro and Winston-Salem were considered before deciding on the downtown Winston-Salem location.
"People still use the passageway as a shortcut, as it was designed to be, but it’s not a welcoming space. “It is tired, and in need of a facelift,” says Jason Thiel, director of the Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership, the downtown BID.
But now, like many U.S. cities, Winston-Salem is experiencing downtown revitalization. Job growth is up and the city’s population grew by 40,000 (23 percent) from 2000 to 2010. And the passageway is right in front of a major hotel and the city’s transit center, a prime location. So the BID thinks it’s time to give it another shot.
Haaf agrees that people shouldn’t overhype Passageway Park. “There are so many projects that come out with a big bang, ‘Look how cool it is,’ and then it kind of fizzles.” Sort of like the first time the walkway opened. This time — thanks to the downtown partnership and Winston-Salem’s reemerging downtown — things might be different."
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The apartment development was on hold and the developer sold the building to IHG for Hotel Indigo. 
