For sale: Prime real estate along Haywood Road in West Asheville

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Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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car_wash_2015_ashevilleAnother piece of prime real estate is up for sale along Haywood Road. The .71-acre lot at 650 Haywood Road is currently home to a car wash, and has frontage along Haywood as well as Virginia Avenue. It’s near the major intersection with Louisiana Avenue.

Earlier this week, an historic building along Haywood Road sold for close to $1 million. Over the past decade, West Asheville and its main artery has grown into a thriving home of independent restaurants, night spots and businesses, one that increasingly serves as an alternative to the increasingly crowded downtown. We’ll keep an eye on this one.

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9 Comments

  1. indie499 April 15, 2015

    a/an historic number of nitnoid comments and one obligatory “not another restaurant” post.

    How about some substance?

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    1. orulz April 17, 2015

      In our defense, this is not an especially substantial subject. A property is for sale. Whee. It was not purchased, there is no development planned yet, no new business, etc, all of which would be somewhat more substantial news.

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  2. Unaffiliated Voter April 14, 2015

    now if the dudes that own the adjoining store and the
    old gas station would participate that whole end block there COULD be something great! It’s an IDEAL spot for a great redevelopment, but into WHAT? (more restaurants?…ugh)

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  3. Josie Chumblebutts April 10, 2015

    Can you spot the error in the following sentence?

    “Earlier this week, an historic building along Haywood Road sold for close to $1 million.”

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    1. Santa April 13, 2015

      No. Did it not sell for that amount?

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    2. RobotDanceMonkey1975 April 14, 2015

      It should be ‘a’ instead of ‘an.’

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      1. Santa April 14, 2015

        Incorrect. In english, “an” is used when the next word begins with a vowel or an “h.”

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        1. orulz April 14, 2015

          I don’t know if that’s technically correct rule or not, but the use always bothers me. I think the rule should be “an” is used when the next SOUND is a vowel, and “a” should be used when the next SOUND is a consonant, regardless of the letter.

          I use “an” for words where the h is silent in standard American english pronunciation, like “hour” or “honest” but not for words where the h is clearly pronounced as a consonant like “hamburger” or “historic”.

          I suppose in some versions of English pronunciation (such as cochney), the h is silent even in “historic” so you would say “An ‘istoric building” but it just doesn’t sound right with the American pronunciation of the word.

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        2. RobotDanceMonkey1975 April 14, 2015

          That’s not exactly right, it’s the vowel sound that drives the rule. So it depends more on how you enunciate ‘historic.’ Dropping the hard ‘h’ sound will make ‘an’ sound right, but if you pronounce the word correctly then you’ll hear that it sounds wrong.

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