Family-run food truck Eggroll Co.  has been part of the Charlotte community since Daphne Alexander founded it in 2022.

Now, Eggroll Co. is planning to join the lineup at Camp North End, heading to the Keswick District at 1801 North Graham St. this fall, according to the Charlotte Business Journal.

The 385-square-foot food stall was formerly home to Bleu Barn Bistro, which closed in August.

The company, which currently operates a food truck and does pop-up and catering events, serves hot and crunchy American-style fried egg rolls. They are filled with mozzarella, provolone and a choice of steak, chicken or veggies. The menu items listed on Eggroll Co.’s website include Uptown steak, Uptown chicken, pizza and veggie delight. It also serves sweet eggrolls such as apple pie cheesecake.

 

 

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WINNER: TOP MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT

Camp North End delivered new office and retail space on its 76-acre campus this year, wrapping up its second phase of construction.

The adaptive-reuse project added 190,598 square feet across the 201 Camp Road and 701 Keswick Ave. buildings. That includes over 118,000  square feet of new office space. The remainder — dedicated to retail — is already 89% leased.

Special event venue The Revelry North End has joined the lineup. There are new restaurants, Halal Street Food and Seemingly Overzealous, as well. Hex Coffee doubled its footprint at Camp North End — and made room for Chef Hector Gonzalez-Mora’s Noche Bruta concept.

Retailers include Hardy Boys Records and Comics; streetwear boutique Current Nostalgia and Fitteds, a custom hat retailer.

Pickleball entertainment venue Tipsy Pickle has leased 35,000 square feet there.

More than 450,000 square feet has been redeveloped at Camp North End, drawing 70 businesses to the site. It is 68% leased at this time.

Atco Properties & Management had been looking at Charlotte acquisitions for several years before finding Camp North End.

“This seemed pretty obvious to me. It was a very rare opportunity to do something very special,” says Damon Hemmerdinger, co-president.

Full buildout will encompass 3 million square feet of office, retail, restaurants, multifamily and public space. The first wave of apartments, Kinship East and West, started leasing over the summer.

KEY PLAYERS

• Owner/Developer: Atco Properties & Management

• General Contractor: DPR

• Architects: S9 Architecture — design; BB+M Architecture — architect of record; Hood, Cluck, Southwick Architecture &  Interiors — tenant upfit; Hasheem Halim, Aleah Pullen, Melanie Reddrick and Marcus Thomas — winners of Camp North End’s emerging Black architects design competition

• Engineers: LandDesign; Barrett Woodyard & Associates; Stuart Engineering; Hart  &  Hickman

• Other Design Consultants: Nelson Byrd Woltz — landscape architecture; Muddy Boots —landscape design; Adrian Jones — lighting

• Lawyer: Moore & Van Allen

BY THE NUMBERS

• 450,000 square feet developed so far

• 70 business call Camp home

• 76-acre campus

 

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Co-president, Atco Properties & Management

Damon Hemmerdinger is focused on making Camp North End a diverse and vital destination. The co-president of Atco Properties & Management says the development off North Graham Street has grown to 70-plus businesses, restaurants and retailers since 2016. The first residents will move in by year end to an apartment development that is completing its first phase. The transformation of Camp North End into a hub for creativity and innovation continues. Expect more building renovations, new buildings for office, retail and multifamily, and ongoing efforts to curate a local tenant mix and host events and programming.

— Jennifer Thomas

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Armada Skate Shop will open at Camp North End this fall.

Why it matters: Charlotte native Patrick Carroll's skate shop was originally in Plaza Midwood before finding a home at Eastway Crossing. Moving to Camp North End means an opportunity to refresh the brand, Carroll said in a press release.

What to expect: Armada Skate Shop will sell skateboards, longboards and roller skates, plus shoes, clothing and accessories both from popular brands and in-house exclusives.

• Local artists will lead board painting workshops and there will be workshops for kids who want to learn how to skateboard.

• There will also be a professional repair station.

The vibe: The shop will be decorated with automotive-themed art and murals.

 

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Armada Skate Shop will open at Camp North End this fall.

Why it matters: Charlotte native Patrick Carroll's skate shop was originally in Plaza Midwood before finding a home at Eastway Crossing. Moving to Camp North End means an opportunity to refresh the brand, Carroll said in a press release.

What to expect: Armada Skate Shop will sell skateboards, longboards and roller skates, plus shoes, clothing and accessories both from popular brands and in-house exclusives. Local artists will lead board painting workshops and there will be workshops for kids who want to learn how to skateboard. There will also be a professional repair station.

The vibe: The shop will be decorated with automotive-themed art and murals.

Stop by: Armada Skate Shop will open daily at 701 Keswick Ave., next to Hardy Boy Records.

What they're saying: "[Camp North End] is the perfect place to launch something ambitious where everyone, even kids and families, can experience the magic of skateboarding and the way it brings people together," Carroll said in a statement.

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Camp North End has seen some of its hospitality tenants exit in recent months even as office leasing at the giant adaptive-reuse development has surged.

Damon Hemmerdinger, co-president of Camp North End developer Atco Properties & Management, recently discussed with the Charlotte Business Journal the New York company’s commitment to the 76-acre site just north of uptown, between Statesville Avenue and North Graham Street.

“The business owners at Camp North End — and we are operating in the context of the larger economy — we're all pushed and pulled by that in different directions over time,” Hemmerdinger says.

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Hip Hop Smoothies — known around Charlotte for musically named drinks like I Got Five On It, Get Low and Regulate — is expanding to a third location this fall.

By mid-September, you’ll be able to get one of the popular Charlotte smoothies at Camp North End, where Hip Hop Smoothies is leasing a vintage Airstream in the Boileryard District, ATCO Properties & Management announced in a news release.

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Atco Properties & Management’s first multifamily units will be ready for tenants as early as October — with up to six weeks of free rent up for grabs.

Leasing has commenced at Kinship East and West with prospective residents eligible for the rent promo during the pre-leasing phase. Those buildings are at 110 and 115 Razades Way.

The 240,390 square-foot project is in the southwest portion of Camp North End. Atco declined to share costs for the project.

“The residences are designed to appeal to a wide range of people in different life stages – ranging from recent college graduates just starting out to established adults looking for a fresh start after a life change,” says Tommy Mann, development director for Camp North End and the vice president of development for Atco.

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After more than 40 years in Dilworth, a local entertainment agency has nearly tripled its office space with a move to Camp North End.

EastCoast Entertainment, which established a Charlotte presence in 1983, recently signed a five-year lease for a 5,735-square-foot office at 301 Camp Road. Most recently, ECE leased 2,000 square feet at 225 E. Worthington Ave. in Dilworth.

The company has booked more than 100,000 large- and small-scale events across the country. EastCoast Entertainment also offers event production services like lighting, sound and staging.

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Pizza lovers, get ready. Another pizzeria is coming to Charlotte soon. 

Gravity Sourdough Pizza Co. is officially joining the lineup of food spots at Camp North End, with wood-fired sourdough pizzas.

The restaurant, which was founded last fall, is run by fiancés Alex Osterhoudt and Amanda Wagner — who are no strangers to the city. After hosting several outdoor movie screenings with their company, Aurora Star Lit Cinema, the duo is bringing their specialty pies to a permanent space at Camp North End.

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