ADF BUILDING

721 BROAD STREET

Awards: 2014 Golden Leaf Award, Small Development Category, Durham City-County Appearance Commission

Details:

900 sq ft on ground floor, available immediately
Floor to ceiling windows facing Broad Street
$2,000/mo, full service (for office or retail)
Tenant pays janitorial
On Broad Street in Durham, directly across the street from Duke East Campus
One block from Whole Foods and Bull City Market

Photo Credit: Marilyn Peryer.

The Challenge

The block of small brick office buildings along the west wall of Duke’s East Campus were ripe for redevelopment: they are close to campus, the recently renovated Whole Foods, and the planned light rail stop at 9th Street. In addition, the lots were rezoned in 2011 to permit a greater range of commercial uses.

The Solution

A collaboration between Eno Ventures, BLOK Architecture and Gateway Building Company, the original 1964 building was totally gutted (although no exterior brick walls were demolished) and a second floor was added to double the square footage to 10,000. The adaptive reuse of this building using steel, concrete, and glass created a striking landmark.