MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN CHARLESTON SINCE JUNE 2003
Since 2012, private investment exceeds $120 million in and around the downtown area alone. Even though the “great recession” scuttled a few more proposed projects and delayed others because of investor losses, the track record of attracting investment has left a lasting impression on our city.
Major construction or renovation projects, involving Mayor Jones and city leaders:
- Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center
- Appalachian Power Park
- Haddad Riverfront Park canopy and the Schoenbaum Stage
- Courtyard by Marriott
- Four Points by Sheraton and the Recovery Sports Grille
- CAMC Cancer Center
- Staats Hospital building
- Vista View housing complex
- Complete reconstruction of both Washington Manor and Littlepage Terrace
- Charleston Kanawha Housing Authority town home sites in Orchard Manor and beyond
- CKHA headquarters
- Roosevelt Neighborhood Center
- Court Street Overlook
- Charleston Marriott
- Holiday Inn Express
- Charleston Town Center
- Mary C. Snow West Side Elementary School
- Streetscapes on Florida Street, Washington Street, Bridge Road
- Kanawha City beautification projects along and adjacent to MacCorkle Avenue
- Edgewood Elementary School
- Edgewood Summit Memory Unit
- Second Avenue Center
- Tiskelwah Center (elevator for handicapped accessibility)
- UC Softball Field/Watt Powell Annex
- Triana Energy Field (soon to become the Welch Athletic Complex)
- bike lanes on Kanawha Boulevard West
- East End Community Park
- Brawley Walkway/Fife Street improvements
- Charleston Fire Station #3
- Cabela’s
- Starbucks on Kanawha Boulevard
- Schoenbaum Tennis Court (Kanawha City)
- CSB Wastewater Treatment Plant (among $114 million in capital projects within the system)
- Roarke Sullivan Lifeway Center for veterans
- Fieldcrest subdivision
- Glenwood Apartments
- Lowenstein Building
- Park View Lofts
Other developments, renovations taking advantage of Charleston’s dynamic economic foundation:
- CAMC Memorial Division
- Highland Hospital
- Ronald McDonald House
- Wehrle Innovation Center at the University of Charleston
- UC School of Pharmacy
- UC East Apartments and parking garage
- Hampton Inn Southridge
- Charleston Catholic High School expansion
- Mary Price Ratrie Green Space
- Chase Tower and Steptoe & Johnson Plaza
- Advantage Technology
- Alpha Technology’s fiber optic loop project
- Shops at Kanawha
- Trojan Landing
- First Bank of Charleston
- MVB Bank
- Element Federal Credit Union
- Pioneer Credit Union
- Moses Automotive Showroom
- BrickStreet Insurance
- Agsten Construction
- Veterinary Hospital, also on the West Side
- Sunbelt Rentals
- Emmanuel Baptist Church
- Bible Center Church
- Girls Scouts of Black Diamond’s urban campsite
- Goodwill Industries
- West Virginia State University EDC and Digiso
- Hospice headquarters
- Charleston Transitional Care
- Good News Mountaineer Garage
- West Virginia Lottery at City Center West
- West Virginia Housing Development Fund
- The Equities House
- Kroger supermarkets and two fueling centers
- Enterprise car and truck rentals
- Locally / regionally owned restaurants: Pies N Pints, Adelphia Sports Bar & Grille, Bluegrass Kitchen, Black Sheep Burrito, Dem 2 Brothers, The Block, Bricks n Barrels, Bistro at the Barge, Lola’s, Fujiyama, La Caretta, Plaza Maya, Lola's and several more
- New or renovated chains, including McDonalds, Chipotle, KFC, Chik-Fil-A, Pizza Huts, Wendy’s, Tudor’s/Gino’s, Bojangles and many more
- Southridge expansion: 911 Center, Red Lobster, Panera, Aldi’s, Quaker Steak & Lube, Red Fire Asian BBQ & Japanese Grill, Home Depot, Olive Garden, SkyZone, Buffalo Wild Wings, etc.
Brawley Walkway
Civic Center Expansion
Schoenbaum Tennis Courts
