Flyway Featured | The Refinery
As Flyway approaches completion of the Refinery Project, The Post and Courier looks back through the history that brought it to life.
Not so long ago, a white cross stood on an overgrown lot beside what was once an oil company’s southeastern headquarters on Charleston’s upper peninsula. It was a relic of the temporary tent revivals frequently held on the site years ago. Now, the 4-acre parcel at 1640 Meeting Street Road features a more permanent fixture. Co-owned by development and general contracting firm Flyway, a new three-story office structure called The Refinery with a restaurant space and a 1500-seat amphitheater in the back is nearly complete.
The $15 million project sits beside the company’s offices, housed in the three-story building next door that once served as the regional office for the former Standard Oil Co. Flyway president Lindsay Nevin first talked about the 45,000 square-foot project six years ago, but it finally took root last year and is set to be completed by October. The lengthy lull came with quite a few twists and turns.