Work begins to transform old mill in Belmont

BELMONT, N.C. — The adaptive reuse of the old Chronicle Mill in Belmont had already been in the works for nearly seven years when the Covid-19 pandemic put a planned groundbreaking for the project on hold last spring.

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“I’m hoping this is only going to be 90 days and we can get back on track and things work out like before,” John Church, co-owner of the property, told CBJ almost exactly a year ago. The project had been expected to break ground in the second quarter, but Armada Hoffler Properties, Church’s partner in the redevelopment, said earlier in March 2020 that it would be delayed “until economic conditions stabilize.”

It took a little longer than that.

But the Gaston Gazette reports now that work has recently started at the site, which is on Catawba Street in the vicinity of the city’s downtown area.

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