#CLOVERDALE APARTMENTS WINSTON SALEM UPDATE#

The complex will feature a clubhouse and a swimming pool, a fitness center, and a yoga studio. The new apartments will have all the amenities found in modern housing. The projected time for the new apartments to be completed is the spring of 2022.

New apartments, numbering 220 units, will be built on the site. Here are more photos of the demolition that were taken on February 24, 2021.ĭemolition will take about 60 days, then the site will be graded and readied for construction. The two images shown above were taken at the corner of Cloverdale Avenue and Melrose Street on February 7th and February 14th, respectively.Īnd the same is true about the two images shown above. Demolition began on Monday, February 8th, 2021. The buildings were outlined for demolition and the trees were marked for keeping. The tenants were notified of the coming demolition and the property was vacated last spring.

#CLOVERDALE APARTMENTS WINSTON SALEM UPDATE#

So the time has come for an update to this property and its great location. And, living styles have changed as to the space and layout that is desired in a home. But anyone who has tried to upfit an older building with electricity and wiring for the latest technology requirements will testify that the process is expensive. Over the years the apartments held up well and provided housing for many singles and couples and families. The apartments were constructed in 1948 by Wilson-Covington and helped provide housing for the burst of post-war, young, married couples that settled in Winston-Salem. The area now occupied by the apartments was covered in trees. The aerial photo shown above was taken about 1941, with Cloverdale Avenue at the right. The two-story, brick apartments contained 160 units and stretched along Cloverdale Avenue from Melrose Street to Magnolia Street, bordered by Queen Street on the other side. He goes on to say, “Although the name is changing, the foundation of Cloverdale apartments will forever leave an impact and legacy in the Ardmore Historic District.If you’ve lived in Winston-Salem for a while and traveled along Cloverdale Avenue in the Ardmore Neighborhood, you are probably familiar with the Cloverdale Apartments. 'Naming the new complex “The Legacy” reflects that wonderful heritage.' “We wanted to celebrate the history and nostalgia that Cloverdale Apartments provided this area since its inception 75 years ago,' Peatross said. The President of Ardmore Cloverdale Craig Peatross said in a statement: Lofton Montgomery said, 'You're not going to have that same look and feel of that nostalgia.' The 1, 2 and 3-bedrooms will have granite countertops and luxury, vinyl flooring.Ī former Cloverdale resident who had lived there for quite a while says, 'I don't want them to look like every other apartment in the city', something she says that lacks heritage. 'The Legacy' will include a clubhouse, resort-style pool and a fitness center. 'I heard there is going to be some shops and stuff on the ground level of the apartments and that will bring in some business and stuff like that, perhaps it will have a little bit of local growth for the economy,' Price said.

If you head out to the site off Cloverdale Avenue, you can find bulldozers and construction crews preparing the former Cloverdale Apartment site for seven new, modern buildings and 220 apartment homes.ĭemolition began in February and the expected completion for the entire apartment project is spring of next year. 'I wouldn't be too surprised if in a few years the same thing happens across the street.' He also feels he wouldn't be shocked if even more apartments were built in the area. 'Things change, new people come in, new things are built, that's just kind of the way things go,' Price said. Price who has lived in the Ardmore community for eight years says he'll miss the Cloverdale apartments.

'I kind of like the old apartments,' said Ryan Price, an Ardmore resident. The new apartments will now be called 'The Legacy'. Developers have finalized a name for the former site of the Cloverdale Apartments in the Ardmore community of Winston-Salem.

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