Bonitt Builders completed a major project in renovating 106 S. Union Street on Old Town’s waterfront for Virtue Feed & Grain. The building is an historic structure that was once a feed house in the late 1800s.
In reusing recycled materials from abandoned structures, the partnership has benefited both the architectural and ecological environment. The plan (to the delight of Alexandrians and the historical society) is to bring the old warehouse about full circle; to re-establish the building and feed the people.
Soaring open windows, exposed brick and giant iron girders frame the soon to be urban scene. Seating up to 350 revelers, this bi-level, airy warehouse has established itself as an Old Town hot spot.
It went from this:
To this:
Photos by Ken Wyner / Ken Wyner Photography and David Coleman / David Coleman Photography.