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2017 Best Endangered Properties Rescue Effort Goldsboro, NC John Street Properties downtown apartments in Goldsboro, NC 205, 207 and 209 North John Street are three valuable historic commercial properties that were once slated for demolition due to city council's frustration that stemmed from their negative appearance. Of the three, 85% of the square footage was used for junk storage and the remainder was used as a storefront church. It took ten years of aggressive work by th

2017 Best Adaptive Reuse Project Wilson, NC Revitalization in downtown Wilson, NC The 200 Block of South Street and 217 Brew Works redevelopment project was realized when developers Tom Curran and Barbie Conklin decided to put their efforts and financial commitment into Historic Downtown Wilson. This area of downtown was abandoned five years ago. The project serves as a backdrop to the $10 million Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park. The 200 block of South Street, built in 1934 and

2017 Best Adaptive Reuse Project Roxboro, NC Hall's Way retail shopping center in Roxboro, NC Siblings Claudia, Cal, and Joe Berryhill, owners of Hall's Agri-Business, LLC, transformed the former 14,000 square foot Lewis Furniture Company Building, located at 44 Gordon Street, into a retail shopping destination in Uptown Roxboro. Purchased by their great-grandfather in the 1890's, the Berryhills felt that it was time for an extreme makeover. The building had historically hous