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Hardware building plans could be headed for upgrade
Residential plans for the former hardware store were put on hold when the housing market tanked, and the site was briefly eyed as the new location for the city's Circuit, General District and Juvenile and Domestic Relations courts.
Date published: 7/25/2008 By Cathy Jett ANEW LIFE may be ahead for the old, boarded-up Fredericksburg Hardware building. The Silver Cos. is talking to an Atlanta-based company about upgrading its original plan for the site. "Hopefully, in the next 30 days we'll know if it's a real opportunity," said Jud Honaker, Silver's president of commercial development. The Silver Cos. got city approval two years ago to put 17 townhouses and a retail building on the property, which stretches between William and Amelia streets along Winchester Street. Those plans were put on hold when the housing market tanked, and the site was briefly eyed as the new location for the city's Circuit, General District and Juvenile and Domestic Relations courts. "We want to take our original plan and really upgrade it and make it a really nice project," said Honaker. "We're trying to iron out details and add amenities and some other things that would be more community-oriented." This could possibly include space for a theater or the arts, something that was kicked around for the old Maury School before it was turned into the Maury Commons condos and the Central Rappahannock Heritage Center, a nonprofit regional archive. Silver also has begun grading what was to have been the site of WorldStreet in Celebrate Virginia South, which is on the Fredericksburg side of the Rappahannock River. "We do have a company that we're talking to about doing something similar," Honaker said. "Nothing has been finalized." The company, which he declined to name, is not willing to wait for the property to be graded if the project is green-lighted, so Silver is going ahead with those preparations. "I think it could take up to six months to get an answer," Honaker said. "This way, when we do make a deal, it will be ready to go." WorldStreet, which was supposed to open this year, was envisioned as a place where people could shop at boutiques owned by retailers from around the world, watch a cooking demonstration and eat in ethnic restaurants. Businesses would sell not only on-site at the $100 million, 700,000-square-foot retail center, but through Web sites and WorldStreet's own TV network. Cathy Jett: 540/374-5407
Date published: 7/25/2008
plans
(posted by
joe
, July 25, 2008 10:14 pm)
i heard the developer is first class
I love unique shops
(posted by
sahmom
, July 25, 2008 2:17 pm)
downtown. IMO that draws more of a crowd and gives downtown a different place to shop. Don't turn it in to housing or offices...what a waste. There are so many empty office buildings, I can't even believe that would be in the works.
I love unique shops
(posted by
sahmom
, July 25, 2008 2:17 pm)
downtown. IMO that draws more of a crowd and gives downtown a different place to shop. Don't turn it in to housing or offices...what a waste. There are so many empty office buildings, I can't even believe that would be in the works.
abandoned boarded up building
(posted by
USA2007
, July 25, 2008 12:55 pm)
is better? C'mon you must be joking MrZorro! lets just open it up and let the patrons of the Whiskey Store nexte door get out of the sun and heat!
BUT
(posted by
fredtalkinmofo
, July 25, 2008 9:24 am)
if it just sits there abandoned it will eventually become a homeless shelter and house of crime, better to do something wtih it
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