Roanoke City Market Opens To The Public

On September 3, the Roanoke City Market re-opened to the public with an Open House ceremony.

Exterior of the Roanoke City Market

Originally built in 1922, the building had hosted meat and fish purveyors in a traditional market environment. In the mid-1980s, the market became an international food court, dark and uninviting. To restore the building to its early grandeur as a destination in Downtown Roanoke, Cunningham | Quill Architects began the redesign of the market in 2009. After a year of renovations, the market building is now a light-filled center that incorporates the traditional market feeling with modern vendor spaces. The building also contains non-food vendors, making the market a center for activity throughout the day.

Interior Market Space

Roanoke City Market

With the Roanoke City Market set to open Labor Day weekend, a reporter for the Roanoke Times was given a sneak peak at the nearly completed building. Cunningham | Quill Architects has worked on the historic preservation and adaptive reuse of the historic market building for the last two years.

One of the dramatic transformations has been the Assembly Hall. Once structurally unsound and poorly lit, the Assembly Hall is now ready to welcome the public again.

Assembly Hall Before

Assembly Hall After. Image Appears on the The Storefront.

To read the full post on the Roanoke Times website, see Inside the Roanoke Market Building.

Roanoke City Market On Track

When Cunningham | Quill began architectural services on the Roanoke City Market in Roanoke, VA, existing vendors were concerned the project would take longer than expected and patrons would have no where to eat. Two years later, the project is well under construction and on track to be completed on schedule and under budget. Patrons can look forward to dining at the renovated Roanoke City Market in just a few more months. See the video for a firsthand look at the market under construction in Roanoke.

Video appears courtesy of WDBJ7.com. To learn more nformation about the Roanoke City Market, visit Cunningham | Quill Architects.