Sunday, February 11, 2007

Home Place
by: Cindy Hodnett

The day was bone-chilling cold, but the crowd was enthusiastic earlier this week when Mayor Allen Joines helped developer Kerry Avant and other local dignitaries  break ground at One Park Vista, an upscale condominium residence to be built on Fourth Street in the  heart of downtown Winston-Salem.

Speaking to a sizeable crowd huddled under a makeshift tent at the   site, Avant announced that construction will now begin and he  thanked the people involved  with the project for helping him create a new lifestyle choice for downtown homebuyers.

"One Park Vista will be an eight-story building with 32 residential condominiums," Avant said during the ceremony. "It will   be the pinnacle of downtown living."

Avant said that One Park Vista will offer residents several uncommon amenities. In addition to the prime location, homeowners will also enjoy secure underground parking, luxurious and spacious interiors, and an upscale Thai restaurant and sushi bar on the first  floor of the building. Leonard Ryden Burr Real Estate's Michael Ryden, one of the listing agents for One Park Vista, said that the one-of-a-kind package has already attracted many buyers....

April 6, 2006

One Park Vista, LLC, Announces Official Plans for Downtown
Winston-Salem's Newest Luxury Residential Development

Unveils look and details amenities of mid-rise condominiums, Phase One of Downtown Winston-Salem's proposed Civic Plaza

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Kerry Avant and Thad Lewallen, developers of One Park Vista, LLC, gave local dignitaries, community and business leaders a first look at their much anticipated luxury condominium development today. One Park Vista, a beautifully designed, eight-story mid-rise, and “Phase One” of the proposed Civic Plaza redevelopment in downtown Winston-Salem, will for the first time offer truly stylish, high-end residential living in the city's core.

"The Civic Plaza project has been in the planning stage for a long time and we are happy to announce that One Park Vista is the first step toward the realization of that goal," said Kerry Avant, Manager-Member, One Park Vista, LLC. "One Park Vista is going to be a spectacular addition to 4th Street and we are grateful to the City of Winston-Salem and the Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership for all their support in helping us get this project off the ground."

Avant gave details and unveiled artist renderings of One Park Vista and Civic Plaza at a special media event where comments were also offered by Allen Joines, Mayor of the City of Winston-Salem; Joycelyn Johnson, Council Member, East Ward, City of Winston-Salem, and Steve Snelgrove, Chairman of the Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership.

One Park Vista will have a prime location in the heart of downtown, just blocks from the Arts District, the Stevens Center for the Performing Arts, and numerous restaurants and nightclubs. It

was designed in the 1920s classical revival style by Winston-Salem-based Harbinson & Associates Architects and is being marketed by Michael Ryden of Leonard Ryden Burr Real Estate, Winston-Salem's fastest-growing residential real estate firm. The development also will feature one ground-floor commercial unit, which is being marketed by Winston-Salem's Meridian Realty.

One Park Vista, which is slated to begin construction this summer and take approximately 15 months to build, will feature 33 residential condominiums (eight of which have already been reserved) with prices ranging from $290,000 to just over $1 million. Each of the units will give residents a high-end feel with all the comforts of a suburban home, including an open foyer, high ceilings, a large dining room and kitchen, a den and gas fireplace, French doors, beautiful oak hardwood floors, and spacious outdoor porches or terraces. Many of the terraces will overlook the proposed Civic Plaza, an urban park called for in the Downtown Plan which was adopted by the Winston-Salem City Council in March 2002.

"We are excited about One Park Vista moving forward for many reasons," said the Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership's Steve Snelgrove. "One Park Vista fulfills one of the recommendations of the Downtown Plan which calls for more housing in the central core of downtown. And with its high-quality design and attention to detail, it will add vibrancy to 4th Street and bring new homeowners to downtown, homeowners with a vested interest in the city's long-term growth.

"One Park Vista also shows that long-time suburban developers are willing to build downtown, and that speaks volumes about downtown's residential growth potential. Finally, the commercial unit will bring even more retail dollars to the center of the city."

One Park Vista is going to set a new standard for downtown development and will be a truly remarkable place to call home.