As we so brilliantly predicted a while back after seeing a number of projects here and connecting some pretty obvious dots, the northwestern quadrant of downtown is increasingly looking like the central city’s next frontier for growth — and there’s a new face on the block, with local developer Pearlstone Partners along with their frequent collaborators at New York-based ATCO Properties appearing to purchase the quarter-block at the southwest corner of West 14th and Lavaca Streets.
The North End Farmers Market is sticking around through the end of the year. Camp North End has reached an agreement with Farmers Market Management Services for that market to continue through Dec. 22; it was originally slated to conclude at the end of October.
The current lineup includes 15 anchor vendors and 21 rotating vendors, with local farmers, ranchers, food artisans and crafters represented. Additions for the holiday season include rotating options such as a petting zoo, chef demos and a jewelry-making class.
The extension was driven by demand from Camp North End’s tenants, visitors and neighbors, says Tommy Mann [bizjournals.com], development director for that sprawling, adaptive-reuse project.
“I think that says a lot about the need for fresh, local food in the North End,” Mann says. Our goal is to eventually be able to sustain a year-round farmers market.”
This was the first year for the market.
Read MoreDetails are being finalized for this project in the Rainey Street area, including a loan from the family office of a tech tycoon. The 41-story building will, once complete, contain 284 homes, averaging 975 square feet apiece. Amenities include a "skydeck" pool and a public art gallery.
Read MoreLast year around this time, CharlotteFive published a guide to Camp North End. Despite a tumultuous 2020 amid COVID-19, Camp North End weathered the storm, growing its tenant list considerably. Now, visitors will find shops dedicated to charcuterie and plants; stalls serving Southern and Latin cuisine; and a place to cool down with an ice cream pop or craft cocktail.
Developed by ATCO Properties and Management, Camp North End blends Charlotte’s historic buildings with a bright future paved by local makers. And there’s more to come — Camp North End will eventually open the Keswick Platform, where seven pavilions will make space for more tenants. To continue to preserve the venue’s storied past, four Black architects will design the facades for four of these platforms, blending murals with carefully selected materials.
In addition to options to support small businesses through shopping and dining, Camp North End also offers socially distant options to engage with the space through its Skyline Drive-In. Whether you’re craving takeout from your favorite local maker or want to catch a movie, there’s always something to see at Camp North End. Here’s a list of what’s open — and what’s to come:
Read MoreCOOL OFFICES: Construction has wrapped up on a 45,000-square-foot office suite at the Gamma Goat Building at @campnorthend. Suite 200, as the office space is called, is now available for lease, according to a statement from ATCO Properties & Management and Shorenstein Properties.
Read MoreA $53 million project with 200 condominiums is scheduled to break ground soon in the Mueller development, the former site of Austin's airport that has been transformed into a 700-acre residential and commercial development.
The project, Parkside at Mueller, is being developed by Austin-based Pearlstone Partners and New York-based ATCO Properties and Management. The six-story project will be built at 1701 Simond Avenue, in the Aldrich Street District in the Mueller neighborhood in Northeast Austin.
Read MoreConstruction will get underway this spring on a mixed-use project in East Austin that’ll be anchored by 200 condos.
Condos in the six-story Parkside at Mueller project will be a mix of studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom units measuring 600 to 1,600 square feet. Thirty of the condos will be set aside for families who earn up to 80 percent of Austin’s median family income.
Austin-based Pearlstone Partners and New York City-based ATCO Properties and Management are developing Parkside on a 1.8-acre parcel at 1701 Simond Ave., near Aldrich Street and Mueller Boulevard. Aside from the 200 condos, the 225,000-square-foot project will feature eight ground-floor offices and 5,000 square feet of retail space. The $53 million project is scheduled for completion in mid-2023.
Read MoreIn Charlotte, N.C.'s burgeoning North End Smart District, Camp North End has been a Ford Motor Co. assembly plant, a site for the U.S. Army, and a Rite Aid distribution center. Up next for the 1-million-square-foot property is the city's largest-ever adaptive reuse project. Owned by the New York–based developer ATCO Properties & Management, the forthcoming mixed-use development will combine office, residential, and hospitality spaces with a retail corridor along the site's southeast side. For the retail corridor's Keswick Platform, a space that will contain seven pavilions for local businesses, ATCO wanted inventive façade ideas. In November, it launched a design competition for "young, up-and-coming Black architects in the Charlotte region," including architecture students, designers working in the profession, and solo practitioners, according to a ATCO press release.
Read MoreThe next phase of Camp North End will bring in more adaptive-reuse space, as well as new construction and residential development.
New York-based ATCO Properties & Management and Shorenstein out of San Francisco are beginning work on 201 Camp Road and 701 Keswick Avenue, adaptive-reuse commercial projects that will deliver in early 2022. Those projects will bring about 120,000 square feet of office space and between 15,000 and 20,000 square feet of retail space to market.
A bank with a large presence in Charlotte will relocate within Camp North End, where it keeps an innovation lab, for a larger office.
Ally Financial Inc. (NYSE: ALLY) will lease 8,953 square feet at 301 Camp Road for its TM Studio, an increase from its current 2,200-square-foot office. At Camp North End, Ally is currently at the Raceway Building, at 1824 Statesville Ave., where it's been since 2018.
At TM Studio, Ally employees, including user-experience designers, product engineers and web developers, create technology products for the bank.
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