Updates from iQ

Winston-Salem, N.C. innovation district recognized as a “Best Practice for Creating Integrated Places” for intentionality around developed mixed-use space Innovation Quarter today announced special recognition by the Global Institute on Innovation Districts (GIID) as a “Best Practice for Creating Integrated Places.” The recognition comes as…

Cycle Your City, DeBeen Espresso, and The Butcher’s Block will be part of Link Apartments® Innovation Quarter across from Bailey Park Three retail tenants have signed space at Link Apartments® Innovation Quarter, adding more options to Winston-Salem’s exciting Innovation Quarter neighborhood. Cycle Your City, DeBeen Espresso,…

Project will include increased hours, menu offerings and will double workforce Black Mountain Chocolate Factory today announced a move from its current Trade Street location to Bailey South in downtown Winston-Salem’s Innovation Quarter. Along with the move, Black Mountain Chocolate Factory will be rebranded as Black Mountain…

In response to the increasingly diverse ecosystem developing in one of the leading districts of its kind in the country, Innovation Quarter today announced new branding, including a new interactive website, a redesigned logo and a simplifying of its name, shifting from Wake Forest Innovation Quarter to Innovation…

Wake Forest Innovation Quarter announced today its selection as an inaugural member of the Global Institute on Innovation Districts (“the Global Institute”), chosen as one of six districts from around the world that will comprise the organization’s initial steering committee. The launch of the Global Institute follows…

Wexford Science & Technology, LLC and the Innovation Quarter today announced Venture Café Winston-Salem as the leader of a new minority- and women owned business accelerator to be located in Bailey Power Plant. Venture Café will partner with Piedmont Business Capital to provide support, training…

Front Street Capital and Wake Forest Innovation Quarter today announced The Variable as the flagship tenant of its new redevelopment project at Bailey South in the Bailey Power Plant block. The three-time AdAge Small Agency of the Year focuses on business innovation, marketing consulting and…

Wexford Science & Technology, LLC today announced a new minority- and women owned business initiative to be located in the Innovation Quarter and run by an independent local non-profit or government agency. The aim of the initiative will be to encourage, support and accelerate local…

Wake Forest Innovation Quarter today announced the projected sale of Building 23-1 (Bailey South) and the Morris Building on the Bailey Power Plant block to Front Street Capital, which will redevelop the buildings into nearly 100,000 square feet of office and retail space. The new…