|  |  | Alpha Mill Wins 2007 Preservation Award from Historic CharlotteCharlotte, N.C., Oct. 11, 2007 –Crosland LLC, one of the Southeast’s leading real estate companies, has earned Historic Charlotte Inc.’s 2007 preservation award for its historically sensitive renovation of Charlotte’s second cotton mill.
This is the second recent honor for the Alpha Mill Apartments, which in September received a 2007 design excellence award from Multi-Housing News magazine. Crosland also becomes the first developer to be twice recognized by Historic Charlotte; the company earned a 1999 preservation award for its protective easement on Latta Arcade, one of the few historic structures that remain on Tryon Street in the heart of downtown.
In addition to honoring Crosland as Alpha Mill’s developer, the award acknowledges Narmour Wright Creech as the architect and Crosland’s contracting division as the builder.
Alpha Mill, a landmark visible from I-277 between uptown and NoDa, is a $23 million development at 12th and Brevard streets. Crosland and Narmour Wright Creech converted the original mill buildings into apartments, then created new structures that blend with the original architecture for a total of 167 studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments in eight buildings.
“This project is an outstanding example of historic preservation coupled with new construction, giving life and meaning to existing buildings while providing a quintessential urban development,” said Tom O’Brien, president of the Historic Charlotte board.
Alpha Mill is a local Historic Landmark and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The Alpha Cotton Mill was originally developed by industrialist D.A. Tompkins in 1888 and was the home of the Carolina Textile Engraving Co. It later became Consolidated Engravers, which closed the facility in 2001. For more detail about the community and its history, visit alpha-mill.com.
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