From cocktail courses to riverfront enjoyable, resident occasions construct group downtown

Aug. 26, 2025

This piece is sponsored by Pendar Properties. 

Taste wine together with your neighbors.

Bring a pal and study to make cocktails.

Do yoga on the river, or be part of a neighborly stroll.

It’s about greater than coming residence to a downtown loft deal with for residents of Pendar Properties’ communities.

“We are trying to build a community that goes deeper than just living next to each other,” mentioned Ashton Sperle, Pendar’s advertising and marketing supervisor.

For occasion, every Wednesday from June by way of August, Pendar Properties has been internet hosting particular occasions open to all its residents downtown — from The Carpenter and Railyard Flats to the newly opened Clark Lofts and Dakota Flats at Cherapa Place.

“We’ve promoted these as ways to engage with the downtown community while also getting to know your neighbors and our commercial tenants, so it’s a win for everybody,” Sperle mentioned.

For instance, Pendar residents loved invitations to yoga with SISU Fit on the riverfront, a cocktail class by Barcart, wine tastings with iv&co, an evening of enjoyable at EightyOne Arcade Bar and a casual mile stroll on the bike path.

On the ultimate Wednesday of these months, Pendar has been internet hosting a Party on the Plaza at Cherapa Place, bringing complementary drinks to the courtyard, stay music, meals vehicles and garden video games.

“It’s nice because with such a variety of events we see different people,” Sperle mentioned. “Tenants are always invited to bring a friend, and it becomes something fun to do close to home.”

More casual resident appreciation occurs each week, when Pendar residents are supplied half-price drinks at Highball inside Railyard Flats each Tuesday and half off whiskey drinks there each Wednesday.

All residents can also host their very own gatherings by reserving the group lounges on the highest stage of Railyard Flats and inside Clark Lofts and Dakota Flats.

“We’re always trying to figure out what we can do that benefits everyone and how we can activate not just the Cherapa community but Railyard Flats and The Carpenter as well,” Sperle mentioned.

Events will cut back a bit in September with the tip of summer season, however meals vehicles will proceed to supply eating choices on the plaza each Tuesday, and Highball will host a last Dog Days of Summer pop-up meals occasion benefiting Sioux Empire Pit Rescue on Sept. 25, starting at 4:30 p.m. till meals runs out.

Plus, the complete Sioux Falls group and past is invited to Cherapa Place because it hosts Riverfest from 2 to eight p.m. Sept. 20.

“We’ll also be continuing to talk to residents about the kind of events they’d like to see us host,” Sperle mentioned. “And while they’re geared to our residential tenants, we also make them available to those who work in our buildings in case they’d like to explore what living here might look like.”

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