Boutique Fitness Concept is Latest in a Series of New Retail Amenities at the 75-Acre Site

In the latest in a string of major new retail announcements at Camp North End in recent weeks,ATCO Properties & Management and its joint venture partner Shorenstein Properties LLC have finalized a long-term, 3,000 square-foot lease for boutique fitness hub bloc. at 1701 N. Graham Street.

bloc., owned and managed by Kadi Fit founder Katie Dixon, stands for “building lifestyles on community” and aims to be a one-stop shop for fitness and wellness, focused on changing lives both physically and mentally with group exercise classes (functional HIIT, boxing, cardio dance, & yoga), meditation, and workshops in mindset and goal-setting.

The boutique fitness hub is expected to relocate from Dilworth to Camp North End in February 2020, featuring a modified class schedule with weekly pop-up classes from February 1 - March 31. During this time, drop-in rates will be $10 for the public and a free amenity for Camp North End tenants.

Once fully open in April 2020, the gym will feature a dedicated entrance on Keswick Avenue across from Camp North End’s newly-announced food stalls. bloc. will activate their indoor space, the outdoor courtyard, and event spaces with regular classes, workshops, dance raves, and festivals with local brands. Bloc. will additionally provide Camp North End businesses with private workshops and coaching in mindset and goal-setting.

With the new commitment from bloc., Camp North End has now successfully secured six new retailers at the site over the last six months. Among the notable new arrivals include Bleu Barn Bistro’s first brick-and-mortar location; Nagahama-style noodle shop Bow Ramen; gourmet bakery Wentworth & Fenn; taproom Free Range Brewing; and James Beard-nominated chef Greg Collier’s new restaurant, Leah & Louise, which are all set to open in March 2020.

“Bringing bloc to Camp North End is another positive step in our efforts to activate Charlotte’s North End district with new office space, food and beverage, arts and culture, and now fitness and recreation,” said Damon Hemmerdinger, co-president of ATCO Properties & Management, developer of Camp North End. “We are proud to create an environment where office workers, neighboring residents, and visitors from all across the city can gather, connect and inspire each other to do their best work.”

Dixon added: “This shift in location feels like we are adding more ‘us’ to ‘us,’ COMMUNITY to the community. We are most excited about connecting with local businesses, and visionaries of Camp North End and creating a cohesive thriving ecosystem. We’ve admired the culture of what has already been built there, and can’t wait to provide the missing piece of fitness and wellness. Our current bloc. community continues to be our driving force, and always solid support to us. The move will enable us more space to move physically, as well as access to incredible events, markets, breweries, and restaurants, right on site. The joining of the 2 communities provides each side what it was missing. The possibilities are endless!”

1701 N. Graham Street is one of six buildings that ATCO and Shorenstein are adaptively reusing at Camp North End. Other projects currently underway include the redevelopment of the Gama Goat Building and 301 Camp Road.

In addition to bloc., other major tenants at Camo North End include nonprofit Junior Achievement of Central Carolinas (JACC); arts organization Goodyear Arts; co-working company Hygge; coffee company Hex Coffee Roasters; design consulting firm Wily; interactive gallery and creative studio space Black Market; boutique hair salon eXplicit Salon; creative studio and art gallery DUPP&SWAT; and custom motorcycle parts company Prism Supply. The campus also houses a set of industrial users.

A team from Cushman & Wakefield, led by Jessica Brown, David Dorsch and Grant Keyes, are the leasing brokers for the office component of the property, while Ascent Real Estate Partners is the leasing representative for the site’s retail space.

About Camp North End

Camp North End is a state-of-the art creative development that is being designed and curated to cater to today’s most innovative and cutting-edge companies in Charlotte’s up-and-coming North End Smart District.

As one of the largest adaptive reuse projects currently underway in the U.S., the project is transforming a historic 75-acre site where people once manufactured Model T cars and assembled Hercules missiles into a catalytic hub of creativity and ideas.

With over one million square feet of space for work, artistic expression, dining and hospitality, entertainment, recreation and community building, together with new construction in coming years, Camp North End's curated development will welcome residents from all parts of the Queen City and Mecklenburg County to make their future. Currently, developer ATCO Properties & Management is undertaking the redevelopment of the Gama Goat Building at 1701 N. Graham Street, and has already renovated and leased 70,000 square feet in buildings facing The Boileryard and The Mount, two of the project’s districts.

For more information about Camp North End, visit the official Camp North End website at https://camp.nc/ or follow along on Facebook,Instagram and Twitter at @campnorthend.

About ATCO

ATCO is a real estate investment and ownership platform deploying capital in select cities across the United States, with a particular emphasis on creating value through placemaking and other strategies in urban locations. We seek to improve people’s lives by creating places that they genuinely want to work, play, or live, and by doing our work with a long-term perspective.

Through eight decades and four generations, ATCO has owned, managed, and developed a diverse real estate portfolio, primarily in and around New York City and also in select markets we target. ATCO presently owns and manages more than 25 buildings ranging from high-rise office and residential towers to retail properties, from one-story industrial structures to a mixed-use, former military base. The portfolio of New York City properties includes: 555 Fifth Avenue, 40 Central Park South, 41 West 58th Street, 630 Third Avenue, 381 and 373 Park Avenue South, 515 Madison Avenue and the Atlas Terminals. Nationally, the company owns properties in Charlotte and Chapel Hill, NC; Austin, Texas; Indianapolis, Indiana; Darien, Stamford and Westport, Connecticut. Internationally, ATCO has investments in seven European countries.

About Shorenstein Properties LLC

Founded in 1924, Shorenstein Properties LLC is a privately-owned, real estate firm that owns and operates high-quality office, residential and mixed-use properties across the U.S., with offices in San Francisco and New York. Since 1992, Shorenstein has sponsored twelve closed-end investment funds with total equity commitments of $8.8 billion, of which Shorenstein committed $723.5 million. The firm uses its integrated investment and operating capabilities to take advantage of opportunities that, at the particular time in the investment cycle, offer the most attractive returns. Investments have included ground-up developments, asset repositioning and stabilized assets; investment structures have included asset acquisitions, mezzanine loans, preferred equity investments and structured joint ventures. These funds have invested in properties totaling 67 million square feet in transactions with a gross investment value in excess of $16 billion.