Parsons Alley — the city of Duluth's mega redevelopment project that will feature, among many other things, a brewpub, a Korean steakhouse and a doughnut shop — is making major progress.
And we've got visual proof.
Creating the 30,000-square-foot restaurant and retail hub, nestled at the confluence of West Lawrenceville and Main streets, has involved rehabbing several historic buildings and demolishing some others in favor of new construction.
And while project will eventually look like the sparkling rendering below, and has made it a long way down that road, there's still work to be done.
Scroll on to see the state of things as they currently exist.
The building below, near the corner of West Lawrenceville and Hill streets, will eventually have a patio and terrace. It's still looking for a tenant.
Next door, a former church is being rehabbed. It's also unspoken for, but a suite in the back is destined to hold a brick-and-mortar location for doughnut food truck Simply Done.
The food truck is a regular at Duluth's "Food Truck Fridays" event and has already signed a lease for the 1,500-square-foot space.
To the right (east) of that lies a 2,800-square-foot, white brick building that we learned last week will be home to a Korean steakhouse and oyster bar from the team behind Taiyo Ramen in Decatur and Suzy Siu's Baos in Atlanta's Krog Street Market.
It will be called "Noona" — which developers said is the Korean word for "big sister."
The future steakhouse's gray neighbor does not yet have a tenant lined up.
The project's main plaza is looking pretty sharp these days...
...as is the Dreamland Bar-B-Que, which opened back in June.
Further west, work on a two-story brick building (with a roof terrace!) is humming along.
Along Main Street, The Chocolaterie Luxury Chocolates is already open for business.
Its direct neighbor is unspoken for but...
...next to that, the fine folks from The Brick Store in Decatur plan to open Good Word Brew Pub, their first foray into making their own beer. They'll focus on "approachable beers and mixed fermentations such as sours and IPAs," according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
The space is about 7,500 square feet.
But wait, there's more! Down the street, at least.
It's hard to capture the sheer size of the undertaking via photo, but a block or two away and across Buford Highway from Parsons Alley, work is well underway on another ambitious project.
The $64 million mixed-use project at the site of the former Proctor Square shopping center will include hundreds of apartments, a pair of restaurant spaces and nearly a dozen other storefronts.
The site used to look like this...
...and will eventually look like this...
...but currently looks like this.
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