Anchor Tenant Signed for Phase II of American Tobacco Renovations

Phase II construction on the American Tobacco Campus in downtown Durham is getting underway, and an anchor tenant for the new slate of renovations has now been signed. Motricity, a premier provider of mobile content and solutions, will move its global headquarters to American Tobacco in 2006. Motricity plans to lease about 70,000 square feet […]

American Tobacco Pizza Eatery Opens For Business

American Tobacco Pizza Eatery Opens For Business As the second phase of the American Tobacco project in downtown Durham gets underway, activity is continuing in the first phase of the 16-acre campus. On Tuesday, July 5, 2005, Mellow Mushroom opened its doors in the Fowler Building. Mellow Mushroom occupies 5,000 square feet, with indoor and […]

American Tobacco Launches New Web site

The American Tobacco Historic District has recently redesigned web site Along with the groundbreaking for the American Tobacco Historic District’s Phase II of construction and renovation, the campus in downtown Durham launched an updated version of its Web site. The site includes the artistic photo gallery of local artist Ben Casey as he recorded the […]

American Tobacco Celebrates Ground Breaking on Phase II

American Tobacco Celebrates Ground Breaking on Phase II The American Tobacco Historic District is now taking shape to become the project in this architectural drawing. The American Tobacco Historic District in downtown Durham has come a long way from the dusty, abandoned and crumbling buildings to the bright and bustling walkways, flowing river and clean […]

American Tobacco Receives Award for Renovation

American Tobacco Receives Award for Renovation American Tobacco won a 2005 Golden Leaf Award. The American Tobacco Campus is now a thriving hub of activity and home to several businesses and eateries in downtown Durham, and people are taking notice. The renovated district has received another award for revitalizing the old tobacco warehouses. On May […]

American Tobacco Wins Redevelopment Award

Close Window American Tobacco Wins Redevelopment Award AT’s Michael Goodmon (right) accepts the Best Redevelopment Project Award from NC Secretary of State Elaine Marshall. The American Tobacco Historic District Company recently won another award for changing the landscape of downtown Durham. The renovated campus won the Best Redevelopment Project award in the 7th annual Triangle […]

What’s For Dinner?

The Fowler Building will soon house a Mellow Mushroom restaurant. As more and more businesses move their employees into their newly renovated office space in the American Tobacco Historic District, restaurants are signing on to come help feed the crowds. So far, five different eateries have signed on to lease space in the 16-acre campus […]

American Tobacco Project Wins Award For Renovation Work

This model of the American Tobacco Historic District shows the scope of the renovations. Capitol Broadcasting Company has been transforming the 16-acre American Tobacco Campus over the past two years, turning several blocks of abandoned warehouses into a thriving office community. The Triangle Business Journal recently lauded the project for its redevelopment with a Space […]

American Tobacco Campus Becomes Bustling Hub in Downtown Durham

Bull River runs through the heart of the American Tobacco Campus. The past several months have seen tremendous progress at all ends of the American Tobacco Campus in downtown Durham. Starbucks recently signed on to lease space on the campus. A new location of the coffee house franchise will occupy about 2,000 square feet in […]