Afterglow, The Roof, Pretty Vacant + Golden Hour (The Radical)

Asheville, North Carolina

MERITS

Contributing Historic Structure, City of Asheville

Griffin Award for Historic Preservation winner 2014

AIA Asheville Award 2017

HISTORIC PRESERVATION / ADAPTIVE RE-USE / COMMERCIAL

Built in the 1920s, the five-story building had been everything from a breakfast cereal factory to a distribution hub for wholesale grocers to abandoned before opening in October 2023 as the Radical Hotel, a 70-room boutique hospitality space in Asheville’s River Arts District. The “RAD” was designed to fit the vibe of the River Arts District, home to numerous art studios, bars, restaurants, music venues and breweries.

Afterglow, The Roof, Pretty Vacant and Golden Hour are four different food and beverage spaces within the building to create “a food scene within a food scene”.

Afterglow creates a coffee / cocktail bar off the hotel reception area, while The Roof showcases breathtaking views while creating a rooftop cocktail vibe. Golden Hour is an upscale restaurant space, while Pretty Vacant is a “hidden” event space and speakeasy with private access to one of the hotel suites.