At least three major tenants of the BB&T Building will move to a new office building planned for the east side of downtown, the Asheville Citizen-Times reported Wednesday.
The moves come in part because of a hotel developer’s plans to renovate the 17-story BB&T Building, turning it into a boutique hotel and condominiums.
Another developer, Rusty Pulliam, and his business partner, John Spake, plan to build a four-story office building called City Centre on the site of the former TK Tripps restaurant at the corner of College and South Charlotte streets. They plan to sell an adjoining piece of property to a Winston-Salem company that will build a six-story Hilton Garden Inn on the 2.4-acre site.
The BB&T bank will move its retail bank location and regional offices to the new City Centre building when it’s completed in March 2016. The Roberts & Stevens law firm, and the Clark Nexsen Architecture firm also will move there around the same time.
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