Northside Developments

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Moe's Original BBQ plans to open January 30 at The Hub. (P&C article)

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Piecing together a few things here, but I think Monarch Café closed.  There is a CRE listing on Colliers for the space.  "This Class A, ±3,000-square-foot space is move-in ready for restaurant use. Formerly occupied by the Monarch Café."

There's also a P&C article that mentions The Butterfly Foundation opening the kitchen for commissary and pop-up restaurant use.  The article doesn't mention it, but I suspect that is a temporary arrangement until they can secure a new, permanent restaurant tenant (perhaps one of the pop-up users, potentially).

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Here's an aerial photo of Robert Smalls Apartments (from Hub City Bees) that shows the absolutely glacial pace of construction (1st pic from Jan. 2023; 2nd pic from Feb. 2022).  If only we had any competent news organizations in the area, there really should be an investigative story on why these have taken SO long to complete.

The Northside Gateway Art piece has been installed in front of 500 Northside Station.  As a reminder, it was designed by Brooklyn-based Olalekan Jeyifous.  Not sure if the piece has a name.  It's not quite as abstract as some of his other projects (the tops of the poles pretty clearly represent home-ownership, education, and play).  But it's quite attractive and adds much-needed seating to the area.  I assume there will be a dedication ceremony at some point.

Wofford Bookstore signage has been added to The Hub.  And Moe's BBQ signage added to the rear.

 

Edited January 22, 2023 by westsider28

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Moe's BBQ now open at The Hub.

Dedication ceremony for the Northside Gateway Art scheduled for Thursday (though it looks like it may get rained out).

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Looks like Knowledge Perk Coffee will be sharing a space with Two Scoops Ice Cream at the Hub.  That's turning into one nice little development!

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According to the Herald-Journal, construction on Phase 2 of Northside Townhomes should begin late-spring or early-summer.

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A $6.1M contract has been awarded for renovations of the old Integral Solutions building on Wofford Street into the new Central Fire Station.  It will include 3 bay doors for fire trucks facing Forest Street and a two-story section for firefighters' living quarters.  The renovations should be complete in November.

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The massive delay in move-ins at Robert Smalls is finally getting media coverage.  The excuse is "supply chain issues" which I don't fully buy because these units are well over a year behind schedule, whereas other local projects being built at the same time saw less than 6 months delay.  Supposedly another wave of move-ins is happening soon.  The Norris Ridge residents have been left in limbo during this debacle.  I think we can safely say that this prefab experiment has been a failure.

[mainonmain]

"I think we can safely say this prefab experiment has ben a failure."

Want to tone down the hyperbole, just a tad?

Unless you want to call Mitch Kennedy a liar to his face.

Edited to add: The truth of the matter is that nearly every day of this delay can be attributed to supply chain issues directly related to water infrastructure and issues with Spartanburg Water itself. But neither the City nor the developer are going to throw their supposed partner under the bus, lest it result in even more delays and complications and engineering snafus.

Now, is there any way for anyone to know any of those details given that the city and the developer aren't going to share them and Spartanburg Water sure as hell isn't?
No, of course not.

Which is why folks would be well-served to back off the ridiculous hyperbolic exclamations and finger-pointing when they don't know.

The whole situation sucks. But good grief, the benefit of the doubt that people are trying their best and sometimes things happen despite that would be beneficial.

Edited February 24, 2023 by mainonmain

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5 hours ago, mainonmain said:

"I think we can safely say this prefab experiment has ben a failure."

Want to tone down the hyperbole, just a tad?

Unless you want to call Mitch Kennedy a liar to his face.

Edited to add: The truth of the matter is that nearly every day of this delay can be attributed to supply chain issues directly related to water infrastructure and issues with Spartanburg Water itself. But neither the City nor the developer are going to throw their supposed partner under the bus, lest it result in even more delays and complications and engineering snafus.

Now, is there any way for anyone to know any of those details given that the city and the developer aren't going to share them and Spartanburg Water sure as hell isn't?
No, of course not.

Which is why folks would be well-served to back off the ridiculous hyperbolic exclamations and finger-pointing when they don't know.

The whole situation sucks. But good grief, the benefit of the doubt that people are trying their best and sometimes things happen despite that would be beneficial.

Apologies.  The hyperbole was uncalled for.  My main frustration was not knowing what the real issue was.  You've explained, so I thank you for that.  I wish the media could report that, since this is something the public deserves to know in a project with public involvement, IMO.

[mainonmain]

The situation sucks.

[westsider28]

Small park completed at Franklin and Howard where a D7 building used to be:

Brick façades up on the first 3 townhomes at the Village at Creekside:

[drexel]

 Saturday for lunch eat at Sully's Steamers in The Hub for the first time.  Thought it was really good.  They were busy as well Moe's Barbecue. Was also impressed with the new Wofford Book Store. Nice Northside addition.

 

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I've had Sully's several times, and I agree that it's very good.

On 12/12/2022 at 2:48 PM, westsider28 said:

Aden Bonded updated their leasing diagram recently, showing that they've secured a few more commitments.  I wonder how much space they need pre-leased before they can begin renovation work.

Updated Aden Bonded leasing diagram for March shows the additional commitment of (a portion of?) Suite 13B.  Looks like they have ~39k SF committed of ~93k SF total.  Maybe they'll start when they reach 50% leased? (I hope)  Still says Q2 2024 delivery.

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I was surprised to see 4 SFHs have gone up on the NE corner of Vernon and Ridge:

Last month, an additional ~18,000 SF was leased at Aden Warehouses, bringing the total leased to ~57,000/97,000; well over half. Hopefully that means renovation work can begin soon?

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First 3 townhomes at Creekside Village are basically complete.  No sign of work on any other homes at the site.  This project is moving glacially.  It's been, what, 4-5 years to get to this point?  They look very nice, though:

Preliminary sitework looks complete for Bridgeway Village (tiny homes for unhoused women):

No movement on Aden Bonded Warehouse (they haven't updated their webpage in several months).  Hope things are still progressing behind the scenes...

Edit: Just saw in the July 20 Planning Commission agenda that Northside Townhomes Phase 2 site plan has been approved, so it's still moving forward.

Edited July 17, 2023 by westsider28
NS townhomes-P2 update

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Interior upfit work is underway on the Knowledge Perk space at The Hub.

Edit: Looks like the old Wofford bookstore is being converted to an office for Robins & Morton (general contractors).

Edited August 14, 2023 by westsider28

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Finally an update on the Aden Bonded Warehouse project!  Their listing was updated 4 days ago, and it looks like no additional space has been leased since April, but they now show tenants!  We've got SC Works (currently at 110 Commerce St. downtown), Urban League of the Upstate (currently at The George), HUBB Kitchens (provides facilities and services to operate a successful food business; out of Raleigh), and Noble Dog Hotel (boarding, daycare, grooming, training; also in this developer's GVL project Hampton Station).

Pretty solid initial lineup.  I hope this means they'll start renovation work soon (the document still says Q2 2024 completion, which seems optimistic).  And hopefully they'll attract more tenants now (particularly a restaurant).

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2 hours ago, westsider28 said:

Finally an update on the Aden Bonded Warehouse project!  Their listing was updated 4 days ago, and it looks like no additional space has been leased since April, but they now show tenants!  We've got SC Works (currently at 110 Commerce St. downtown), Urban League of the Upstate (currently at The George), HUBB Kitchens (provides facilities and services to operate a successful food business; out of Raleigh), and Noble Dog Hotel (boarding, daycare, grooming, training; also in this developer's GVL project Hampton Station).

Pretty solid initial lineup.  I hope this means they'll start renovation work soon (the document still says Q2 2024 completion, which seems optimistic).  And hopefully they'll attract more tenants now (particularly a restaurant).

kinda disappointed in the management of this project to decide to wait to start until they have enough of their space rented out, I think they have enough to begin and their commitment to actually building it would fill in what they're looking for

[camtology]

Signs are up in the back for the coffee shop and ice creamery going in at the HUB

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On 9/26/2023 at 2:31 PM, camtology said:

Signs are up in the back for the coffee shop and ice creamery going in at the HUB

Knowledge Perk / Two Scoops at The Hub is now hiring.  Hopefully that means they'll be opening pretty soon (maybe in the next month or so).

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This UBJ article says that Aden Bonded hopes to start construction by the end of 2023.  Looks like they have a slightly updated rendering as well.

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14 hours ago, westsider28 said:

This UBJ article says that Aden Bonded hopes to start construction by the end of 2023.  Looks like they have a slightly updated rendering as well.

Really hope this develop bring more money and development for the people living in the surrounding neighborhoods, this could be a great test to see if Spartanburg can do renewal without gentrification 

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On 9/12/2023 at 6:53 PM, westsider28 said:

Finally an update on the Aden Bonded Warehouse project!  Their listing was updated 4 days ago, and it looks like no additional space has been leased since April, but they now show tenants!  We've got SC Works (currently at 110 Commerce St. downtown), Urban League of the Upstate (currently at The George), HUBB Kitchens (provides facilities and services to operate a successful food business; out of Raleigh), and Noble Dog Hotel (boarding, daycare, grooming, training; also in this developer's GVL project Hampton Station).

Pretty solid initial lineup.  I hope this means they'll start renovation work soon (the document still says Q2 2024 completion, which seems optimistic).  And hopefully they'll attract more tenants now (particularly a restaurant).

Found an updated listing on Loopnet (their Avison Young page is out-of-date and the PDF brochure has been removed).  Unfortunately, it looks like Noble Dog Hotel has pulled out.  There are some other slight changes on the floorplan: Suite 4A has changed from food/bev to studio/office (even though new renderings have what looks to be a brewery suggested for that spot) and the "bike/pump track" has been removed in favor of undefined "outdoor space", however Suite 12B is now listed as "Entertainment concept" which is potentially exciting.  Completion date has been updated to Q1 2025.

Some new renderings:

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On 10/30/2023 at 12:36 PM, westsider28 said:

Knowledge Perk / Two Scoops at The Hub is now hiring.  Hopefully that means they'll be opening pretty soon (maybe in the next month or so).

Knowledge Perk / Two Scoops Creamery just posted on Instagram that they're having a soft opening tomorrow (November 22) 6am-5pm.