Armada Skate Shop will open at Camp North End this fall.

Why it matters: Charlotte native Patrick Carroll's skate shop was originally in Plaza Midwood before finding a home at Eastway Crossing. Moving to Camp North End means an opportunity to refresh the brand, Carroll said in a press release.

What to expect: Armada Skate Shop will sell skateboards, longboards and roller skates, plus shoes, clothing and accessories both from popular brands and in-house exclusives. Local artists will lead board painting workshops and there will be workshops for kids who want to learn how to skateboard. There will also be a professional repair station.

The vibe: The shop will be decorated with automotive-themed art and murals.

Stop by: Armada Skate Shop will open daily at 701 Keswick Ave., next to Hardy Boy Records.

What they're saying: "[Camp North End] is the perfect place to launch something ambitious where everyone, even kids and families, can experience the magic of skateboarding and the way it brings people together," Carroll said in a statement.

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Camp North End has seen some of its hospitality tenants exit in recent months even as office leasing at the giant adaptive-reuse development has surged.

Damon Hemmerdinger, co-president of Camp North End developer Atco Properties & Management, recently discussed with the Charlotte Business Journal the New York company’s commitment to the 76-acre site just north of uptown, between Statesville Avenue and North Graham Street.

“The business owners at Camp North End — and we are operating in the context of the larger economy — we're all pushed and pulled by that in different directions over time,” Hemmerdinger says.

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Hip Hop Smoothies — known around Charlotte for musically named drinks like I Got Five On It, Get Low and Regulate — is expanding to a third location this fall.

By mid-September, you’ll be able to get one of the popular Charlotte smoothies at Camp North End, where Hip Hop Smoothies is leasing a vintage Airstream in the Boileryard District, ATCO Properties & Management announced in a news release.

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Atco Properties & Management’s first multifamily units will be ready for tenants as early as October — with up to six weeks of free rent up for grabs.

Leasing has commenced at Kinship East and West with prospective residents eligible for the rent promo during the pre-leasing phase. Those buildings are at 110 and 115 Razades Way.

The 240,390 square-foot project is in the southwest portion of Camp North End. Atco declined to share costs for the project.

“The residences are designed to appeal to a wide range of people in different life stages – ranging from recent college graduates just starting out to established adults looking for a fresh start after a life change,” says Tommy Mann, development director for Camp North End and the vice president of development for Atco.

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After more than 40 years in Dilworth, a local entertainment agency has nearly tripled its office space with a move to Camp North End.

EastCoast Entertainment, which established a Charlotte presence in 1983, recently signed a five-year lease for a 5,735-square-foot office at 301 Camp Road. Most recently, ECE leased 2,000 square feet at 225 E. Worthington Ave. in Dilworth.

The company has booked more than 100,000 large- and small-scale events across the country. EastCoast Entertainment also offers event production services like lighting, sound and staging.

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Pizza lovers, get ready. Another pizzeria is coming to Charlotte soon. 

Gravity Sourdough Pizza Co. is officially joining the lineup of food spots at Camp North End, with wood-fired sourdough pizzas.

The restaurant, which was founded last fall, is run by fiancés Alex Osterhoudt and Amanda Wagner — who are no strangers to the city. After hosting several outdoor movie screenings with their company, Aurora Star Lit Cinema, the duo is bringing their specialty pies to a permanent space at Camp North End.

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Office leasing has picked up across Charlotte as companies' confidence in the market continues to build. Rhea Greene, managing partner of office leasing at Trinity Partners, said consistent momentum at Camp North End over the last two years is proof of that.

While Camp North End is well known for its retail offerings, the adaptive-reuse campus continues to be a high performer in the Charlotte office market. Retail occupancy is currently at 93%, with office occupancy reaching 63%, according to recent data from Trinity. Since mid-2022, seven companies — Google Fiber, Petfolk, Bolton & Menk, Kingsman Software, Mentra, Passero Associates and Progressive Cos. — have signed long-terms leases for new office space at Camp North End, totaling nearly 80,000 square feet.

Greene said a common denominator among many of those tenants, including Google Fiber, Bolton & Menk, Kingsman and Progressive, are that they chose to move to Camp North End from uptown. "The majority of the leasing we’ve done to date have been tenants that are uptown who already believe in an urban core," she said. "They believe this is the central (part) of Charlotte ... They want a little bit more of a different experience, so this move from uptown to Camp (North End) seems to work well."

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A Midwest design firm is expanding its Charlotte office footprint with a move to Camp North End.

Progressive Cos., a Grand Rapids, Michigan-based firm, signed a 10-year lease with the option for five more years. The firm will occupy 16,500 square feet at Camp North End's Gama Goat Building at 1801 N. Graham St. Currently, Progressive occupies 11,500 square feet at 330 S. Tryon in uptown.

"We needed a space that would better represent who we are now and we are continuing to grow into," Jeff Roman, director of engineering at Progressive, said. "We’re a design firm that's continuing to expand, and we're doing larger and more complex projects and higher levels of design. We need a space that reflects who we are as that type of firm."

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Thrift Pony, a growing local thrift and consignment business, is expanding and relocating to Camp North End this fall.

What to expect: The new 2,700-square-foot space will sell more of the "fun and trendy secondhand and vintage clothing, shoes and accessories" available at the shop's current Plaza Midwood location, according to owner Helen Moffitt.

• It'll also have a separate entrance for consignment appointments for those wishing to sell their gently used clothing.

"Right now, our consignment appointments are booked out a month in advance," Moffitt tells Axios, adding that she hopes the new space will allow her to add more.

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ATCO Properties & Management will announce today that Charlotte-based video production agency Loyd Visuals will open its new studio space and headquarters in Camp North End. The photo, video and podcast studio will be a first for the company, which was launched by brothers Khaleel, Maleek and Najm Loyd in 2016.

Before acquiring a permanent independent space of its own, Loyd Visuals has worked out of an office at hygge coworking in Camp North End since 2020, where they’ve been surrounded by other creatives and cultural agencies, including Black-owned companies like BlkMrktCLT, DUPP&SWATT, and Kicks & Fros.  

“During the past three years, we have experienced all that Charlotte and Camp North End has to offer and are convinced that the dynamic atmosphere here, especially for creatives, makes it the perfect place for us to plant our roots in the community with our first office and studio space,” Khaleel said. 

The Loyd Visuals team won’t be the only ones working out of the new studio, as the studio will be available for other companies and independent creatives to rent. Residents of Kinship, which will include 301 new apartments and is set to open in late 2024, will also have access to the space as an amenity. 

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