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462 MEMBERS CLUB CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA CONCEPT PRESENTATION - SEPTEMBER 23, 2026

CONTENTS CHAPEL HIL L

FR ANKL IN ST R EE T

CHAPEL HIL L ... AFT ER DAR K

ENT RY

T HE B AR & LOUNG E

T HE W HISKEY LOUNG E

T HE W INE R O OM

R EST R O OMS

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CHAPEL HILL Chapel Hill has always been a little difficult to define. Southern, but never quite traditional. Academic, but hardly buttoned-up. Historic, but constantly being rewritten by the people, ideas, and stories that pass through it. Born alongside the University and shaped by generations of writers, professors, musicians, merchants, students, and longtime residents, the town has developed its own particular kind of character. Intellect and nightlife have never felt especially far apart here. Ideas are argued over drinks. Friendships form at the bar. Students become regulars, and eventually everyone has a story about a place that is no longer there. There is an ease to Chapel Hill that comes from not trying too hard. History is present, but rarely precious. The scholarly and the slightly unruly have always managed to share a table. 462 takes its cue from that version of Chapel Hill. The design draws from the town’s layers without recreating them, creating rooms that feel intelligent without being serious, handsome without being precious, and collected rather than composed. This isn’t Chapel Hill dressed up for company. It’s Chapel Hill after it has poured itself a drink.

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CHAPEL HILL

FRANKLIN STREET

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FRANKLIN STREET

RIGHT STREET. DIFFERENT SPEED

Franklin Street has never been quiet. For generations, it has been Chapel Hill’s social spine, where town and campus continually run into one another. Professors and merchants, writers and musicians, students and longtime residents have shared its sidewalks, storefronts, bars, and tables. It is where you celebrate the win, mourn the loss, meet someone you probably shouldn’t, and somehow stay later than planned. Bookstores and bars. Ideas and arguments. Institutions that have been here for decades beside places destined to become someone’s favorite story about what used to be there. Franklin Street has always offered somewhere to gather, but rarely just one way to do it. 462 doesn’t compete with that energy. It slips just outside of it, close enough to remain part of the story, but removed enough to change the pace. Behind the door, the volume comes down. The lighting gets lower. The glassware gets better. The crowd gets a little older. The conversations get a little longer. Franklin Street is still right outside. You just might not be in any hurry to get back to it. 4

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CHAPEL HILL... AFTER DARK

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THE LAST POUR ON FRANKLIN

CHAPEL HILL... AFTER DARK

Daytime Chapel Hill belongs to classrooms, coffee shops, sidewalks, and schedules. Nighttime is another story... The pace changes. Professors loosen their ties. Lawyers stop talking about work. Alumni tell stories that improve dramatically with age. Someone orders another round. Someone else insists they know exactly what happened that night in 1997. This is the Chapel Hill we want to capture. Not nightlife for nightlife’s sake, but a town where intellect, culture, and a little irreverence share the same table. Something intimate, slightly clandestine, and decidedly adult. The design follows suit, becoming richer, darker, and more atmospheric as the evening unfolds. Light pools rather than floods. Materials reveal themselves slowly. Art rewards a closer look, corners invite lingering, and rooms feel better occupied than observed. There is polish, but not performance. Just good drinks, interesting people, and enough atmosphere to let the night decide where it goes. There should always be a sense that something might happen here. Nothing scandalous, necessarily. But we’re certainly not ruling it out.

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HIDDEN ARRIVAL 462 begins with a sense of discovery. The entry is intentionally discreet, almost hidden from view, creating the feeling that you have stumbled upon something meant to be known rather than advertised. The foyer becomes a threshold between Chapel Hill outside and the world of 462 within. Dark, handsome materials and low light build anticipation, while dramatic velvet curtains conceal what lies beyond. There is a subtle theatricality to the moment, recalling private societies and the after-hours rooms where Chapel Hill’s conversations, music, and culture have long unfolded. Then, the curtain opens. What was compressed and mysterious gives way to the warmth and energy of the club beyond. It is a small ritual of arrival that we hope becomes distinctly 462: a little secrecy, a little ceremony, and the sense that you’ve just been let in on something.

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CHAPEL HILL... AFTER DARK

FLOOR PLAN

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BACK ENTRY FRONT ENTRY LOUNGE

FOY ER

STORAGE

OFFICE

KITCHEN

STORAGE

MECH

FOY ER

WINE LOUNGE

WHISKEY LOUNGE

WINE

BAR LOCKERS

PLAN NOT TO SCALE

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LOCKERS

S E AT C O U N T B A R & L O U N G E : WHISKEY LOUNGE: W I N E R O O M :

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T O T A L S E A T S :

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THE BAR& LOUNGE The bar is the heartbeat of the club. Not a stage. Not a spectacle. A proper bar. The kind that feels as though it has always been there. Where the bartender remembers what you drink, but still convinces you to try something else. Where a beautifully made martini needs no explanation, one drink becomes two, and three hours later you realize dinner never happened. It is inherently Chapel Hill: informal, social, and built around exchange. Paths cross, conversations expand, and the person two stools down becomes part of the evening. The design carries that same confidence. Rich woods, worn leather, aged metals, tactile stone, and flattering light feel polished but never pristine, with just enough eccentricity to keep things interesting. This isn’t exclusivity for the sake of exclusivity. It’s about belonging. Becoming a regular. Having your drink, your bartender, your corner, and eventually, your stories. And once you’re inside, there’s always another seat at the bar. Well, almost always.

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THE BAR & LOUNGE

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“A FEELING THAT NEVER LEAVES YOU” 9

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THE BAR & LOUNGE

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THE BAR & LOUNGE

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THE WHISKEY LOUNGE

THE WHISKEY LOUNGE FOR THE LAST ONE

Every good club needs a room that feels harder to find.... the Whiskey Room is ours. Darker, smaller, and more secretive, it is the kind of room you might miss on your first visit, then seek out on every one after. This is where the night ends up when nobody is ready for it to end. The bottles are deeper, the chairs more comfortable, and the stories perhaps less reliable. Whiskey leads the room, but ritual is really what it’s about. The pour. The weight of the glass. The chair you always choose. The people you know will be there. Dark timber, worn leather, aged metal, patterned textiles, and low light create an intimacy that feels earned. Books, bottles, artwork, and curious objects accumulate over time. Nothing is arranged too perfectly. Not everything needs an explanation. Eventually, favorite chairs are claimed, bottles become attached to stories, and the room develops a mythology of its own. Franklin Street may still be carrying on outside... in here, we’ve got nowhere else to be.

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THE WHISKEY LOUNGE

DOWN THESE STEPS, THE RULES SOFTEN, THE EDGES BLUR, AND THE SOUTH GETS DANGEROUSLY CHARMING. IF YOU FEEL THE WALLS WATCHING, RELAX... THEY LIKE WHAT THEY SEE 13

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THE WHISKEY LOUNGE

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THE WINE ROOM

THE WINE ROOM STAY FOR ANOTHER BOTTLE

The Wine Room is where the evening slows down. A little quieter. A little softer. Less about ordering a drink and more about opening a bottle, settling in, and accepting that whatever you planned afterward probably isn’t happening. Wine shouldn’t feel like homework here. No lectures, no vocabulary test before you’re allowed to enjoy yourself. The collection can be serious without the room taking itself seriously. Old favorites sit beside something obscure recommended by someone who actually knows what they’re talking about. Warm timber, tactile upholstery, aged materials, and collected art create intimacy without formality. Wine storage becomes part of the architecture, while comfortable seating encourages bottles to stay open and conversations to wander. The best bottle in the room is still meant to be drunk. This is a place for long dinners without dinner. A Burgundy somebody has been saving. Something good shared with people you actually want to spend time with. And inevitably, the dangerous sentence: “We might as well open another.” This room is designed for exactly that. 15

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THE WINE ROOM

IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK, THEY’D WHISPER… AND ONLY TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE

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THE WINE ROOM

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RESTROOMS A LITTLE MORE REVEALING

The restrooms are where the club gets to loosen its tie. Tucked away from the more composed rooms beyond, they offer a brief opportunity to turn up the personality. Dark, intimate, and slightly theatrical, reflective surfaces, rich tile, warm metals, flattering light, and unexpected artwork create a space that feels more mischievous than utilitarian. This is where the details can get a little stranger. Art that makes you look twice. Materials with more shine, pattern, and drama than might be allowed elsewhere. The room should feel considered, but never overly tasteful. It is a small interruption in the evening, and a reminder that 462 doesn’t take itself too seriously. After all, even the restroom should give you something to talk about when you get back to the table.

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RESTROOMS

THANK YOU! CONCEPT PRESENTATION - SEPTEMBER 23 2026