Development on the property may include housing, a restaurant or office space to help cover the annual cost of maintaining the park components, according to plans presented.
Also, plans for the major redevelopment of the Sears property at the Asheville Mall have once again been continued, and more.
The finance committee of Asheville City Council decided last year not to spend $340,000 on a consultant.
Also, there’s a big new economic development announcement for the Enka Commerce Park, and more.
Nick Lachey, of the boyband supergroup 98 Degrees, sang at the couple’s reception at The Cress Center.
One resident bemoaned the inaction, calling the property “a scar on the city of Asheville that needs to heal.”
The Asheville Design Center plans to go before Asheville City Council on March 8 with a proposal for the visioning process.
It’s a piece of property near the St. Lawrence Basilica and U.S. Cellular Center that city officials have struggled with for more than a decade.
The city-owned lot has created headaches for Asheville city officials the past 15 years. And yes, hoteliers still want to build on it.
A lawsuit filed by other downtown hotel owners dissuaded McKibbon.
The father-son-team left their mark across the U.S., including Asheville.
The author of two histories of Asheville architecture offers her perspective on the fate of the property by the Basilica.
Hotel? Park? Plaza? Hotel.
Asheville City Council is expected to end the development debate on Sept. 11.
Check out drawings shown at a public meeting held by McKibbon Hotel Group officials.