Custom hat retailer Fitteds Charlotte is relocating to Camp North End.
The brand has snapped up 800 square feet at 701 Keswick Ave., Suite 104. It expects to open there in March.
Harlem native Giovanni Brown is behind Charlotte-based Fitteds. It builds on his love of hats — a constant in his life for as long as he can remember.
Read MoreThe adorable penguin statues are all over Camp North End - on the roofs, near the food stalls and shops. Kadeeja explains why on this segment,
Read MoreA plan for a 32-story downtown Austin condo tower containing 220 new residences at the southwest corner of 14th and Lavaca Streets is now in review with the city, according to recent permit filings — one of several condo projects sought by local developers Pearlstone Partners throughout downtown in recent years, and one of only a few residential towers planned specifically in the recently-booming northwest corner of downtown Austin since the 1960s. Image: Pearlstone Partners / ATCO Properties / STG Design
Read MoreA 76-acre adaptive reuse development on a former industrial site north of Uptown, by ATCO Properties & Management
Biggest move of 2022: The popular development has become a hub of local small businesses, many of them Black-owned. This year, it also hosted the second annual BayHaven Food & Wine Festival and was part of the Aggie-Eagle Classic weekend.
What we’re watching: Expect to see more openings and events in 2023, from a dedicated event space to a cocktail lounge and speciality market.
Read MoreA boutique cocktail lounge called Room Service and an upscale specialty market called Stay Inn will open at Camp North End in the spring of 2023.
They’re the brainchild of Camp North End business owners Rachel Hopkins (of Black Moth Bars [charlotte.axios.com]) and Jules Zanoni’s (of Grow [charlotte.axios.com]).
Read More“Here in Charlotte, where I’m at, there’s this great space called Camp North End, and Camp is an area of the city that was a bunch of warehouses, a big industrial space, and over the last few years it’s been developed into an art space, a performance space, a retail space, office spaces, and it’s lively and varied and transitional,” Cooke said. “Anybody who’s been to Camp North End has experienced a few things that are familiar … but a few things that are unfamiliar — occupying an old warehouse space in a way that they didn’t expect to before, or walking across train lines that used to be used for shipping goods and are now part of a public walkway promenade. This has a lot to do with giving over a lot of that space to artists.”
Read MoreGigabit-speed internet provider Google Fiber has signed a 10-year lease at Camp at North End, a 76-acre adaptive reuse development in north Charlotte. The company will occupy 5,884 square feet at the historic Gama Goat Building, located at 1801 N. Graham St. John Christenbury of CBRE represented Google Fiber, which will relocate from its current Charlotte headquarters space at the Phillip Carey building in Uptown’s First Ward Park neighborhood. Jessica Brown and David Dorsch of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlords, ATCO Properties & Management and Shorenstein Properties LLC. Other office tenants at Camp at North End include Kingsmen Software, Centene Corp., Ally Financial, AON and CloudGenera. Google Fiber is working with Alliance Architecture and Swinerton on the build-to-suit space at the Gama Goat Building, which the firm will occupy beginning in early 2023.
Read MoreGoogle Fiber will move its uptown office to a nearly 6,000-square-foot space at Camp North End in 2023.
ATCO Properties & Management and Shorenstein Properties announced today the internet provider signed a 10-year lease for 5,884 square feet in the property's historic Gama Goat Building at 1801 N. Graham St. Google Fiber is currently housed at the Phillip Carey building, at 301 E. Seventh St., in uptown.
The build-to-suit space will serve as Google Fiber’s Charlotte office and community engagement center. Alliance Architecture is designing the space to highlight the building’s high ceilings, clearstory windows and timber trusses.
Jess George, Google Fiber head of government and community affairs' east region, said the company will move into the new space next summer.
"Google Fiber is excited to be part of this vibrant community which represents the innovative spirit of our city," she said.
Read MoreAs development director at Camp North End for Atco Properties & Management, Tommy Mann has led the charge in bringing to life some of the city’s most sought-after retail, entertainment and small-office spaces over the last five years. Mann’s most notable win was “Immersive Van Gogh” digital exhibit that drew in more than 300,000 visitors over a six-month span. Atco has already redeveloped over 300,000 square feet of former industrial space at Camp North End, with another 1.5 million square feet to go.
Read MoreNearly a century ago in 1924, Camp North End as we know it was home to a 240,000-square-foot building which served as the city’s first Ford Motor Company factory. Once a manufacturing site for Model T cars and later assembling Hercules missiles, the property has now transformed into a hub for some of the city’s most creative and innovative businesses.
The 76-acre open-air property is located in Charlotte’s North End Smart District and has become home to over 50 tenants in less than five years, with more openings on the horizon. The expansive campus is divided into different districts – Kewsick, The Mount and the Boileryard – making the space easily navigable. Whether you are looking for something new to do around the Queen City or are popping into Charlotte for a few days, here is how you can spend a day exploring Camp North End.
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