Photo from the 2005 Ribbon Cutting Event
The owners of Revolution Mill recently marked the second phase of development at the campus with the opening of a new retail, apartment and office building.
Officially known as 2005 Revolution Mill, the five-story, 145,000-square-foot building is located at 2005 Yanceyville Road.
The Revolution Mill campus was formerly the site of a flannel mill founded by the Cone brothers around 1900. The mill ceased manufacturing operations in the early 1980s.
The property has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The structure was seen as significant in part because it was believed to be the South’s first flannel mill and the structures represented “the most intact of the turn-of-the century Cone-affiliated textile mills in Greensboro,” according to the preservation paperwork filed in 1984.
Since taking ownership of the property in 2012, Self-Help Ventures, a nonprofit development group based in Durham, has been working to redevelop it, putting in apartments, two restaurants, event spaces and offices for more than 100 groups and organizations.
2005 Revolution Mill is located in a space that previously served as a warehouse for the mill, Revolution Mill General Manager Nick Piornack said. He said it cost $38 million to develop the building, an amount which included about $17 million in state and federal tax credits.
The brick facade retains the look of an old mill while the inside has been modernized. In the case of the 2005 building, that meant opening it up to allow light in the formerly dark warehouse building. Much of that light comes through the glass ceiling.
The floors are original and while they have been sanded and sealed, some cracks are still visible.
The site now includes the medical spa Restoration Medspa as well as a nail salon which uses steam rather than water and a jeweler from South America. The building includes 33 apartments and office space for companies such as Cone Denim.
Piornack said he expects the entire building will be fully occupied by the end of the year. Several new drinking and dining options are currently planned for 2005 Revolution Mill and an adjacent building.
A taco restaurant will open by the end of this year in the 2005 building while Winston-Salem-based Incendiary Brewing will be opening a taproom in an adjacent building.
The brewery acknowledged the plans in a Facebook post earlier this month.
“The new space will open up to a large courtyard common area and feature our signature black walnut furniture and glowing bar inside. We’ll bring more of the live music, community events, and special beer releases that our patrons have come to expect,” the post said.
Piornack said the taproom is expected to open by this fall. Grapes and Grains, a speakeasy-style lounge, will open next to the Incendiary taproom space in June.
“All these restaurants and bars and breweries will all kind of come together to create somewhat of a social, interactive, cultural district so people can go from place to place,” he said. “Currently, we just have the pizzeria and we have Kau restaurant. This will add three more hospitality pieces to the puzzle so looking forward by the end of this year to really have a vibrant campus.”