Building Video

We took a video today to show what progress has been made.  Come take a look!

Mike is not anxious at all apparently...that's a good sign.

BB&T Financing

The project is being funded in part by BB&T who has been very patient with us and the project.  They stuck with us even though it look over a year to close on the property.  Thanks Brent!

J. Brent Davis 
Branch Banking & Trust Co. 
Business Services Officer 
Vice President 
375 S. Front St (28560) 
P O Box 1280 
New Bern, NC 28563 
252-638-7179 
252-637-7067 (Fax) 
james.davis@bbandt.com 

There were only a few walls to remove.

It's basically a brick and concrete masonry rectangle.

The floors are existing terrazzo.

Hopefully the existing HVAC is still working correctly.

Plans and Elevations

The ultimate recycling!  We're excited to be re-using a building with a long history of use in New Bern.  The land was last sold December 1, 1945 and originally had two houses on the lot that were replaced with our building in the 1960's.  It's been a lot of things over the years, from a meat packing and distribution warehouse to a mechanical contractor's office to the Biblical House of God, to a Mexican grocery, and now...a radio station.

Building Floor Plan

Building Elevation

K.B. Stephens Co.

We had a wonderful lighting rep come in and talk about some really interesting LED office lighting products.  One of the most interesting fixtures was a Lithonia RTLED light.  It's a regular 2x2 LED fixture and can be connected with CAT5 cables to a light sensor that can automatically adjust the lighting according to how much daylighting you're already getting from windows.  Or you can individually control each fixture at each location.  And, each fixture is only about 45watts which is less than a regular single incandescent bulb.

http://www.kbstephens.com/  Carter Dickinson

http://lithonia.acuitybrands.com/RTLED/RTLEDHome.aspx

We get a dumpster!

After making an offer to purchase the building in November 2009, and after two attorneys a surveyor and a lot of time at the register of deeds office, we finally closed in late October 2010.  And, now we have a dumpster!  Granted, there is not very much to throw away, and we're trying to save what we can to send over to the Habitat for Humanity Re-Store just a couple of blocks away.  I never thought I'd be so happy to see a dumpster and a port-a-potty!  But here we are, starting another renovation project.