Six finalists are under consideration to lead the Asheville Downtown Master Plan process in 2008.
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Downtown Asheville lures uptown planners
The search for a consultant to help develop Asheville’s Downtown Master Plan has attracted what one local architect called “a veritable who’s who” in planning. By the Nov. 8 deadline, 33 mostly high-profile firms from across the United States and even Canada had responded to the city’s request for qualifications. A project of the Office […]
Ellington gets thumbs up from P&Z
The Ellington Hotel, a 23-story “boutique” hotel proposed for a site fronting on Biltmore Avenue, Aston Place and South Lexington Avenue, received unanimous approval from the city of Asheville’s Planning and Zoning Commission at its meeting Wednesday night.
Brookings metro scholar offers broad-brush look at Asheville
Robert Puentes, a Metropolitan Fellow with the Brookings Institution, addressed a gathering hosted by the Asheville Downtown Association at UNCA’s Reuter Center Monday evening.
Biltmore Lake developer buys Haywood Park Hotel
Tony Fraga, developer of Main Street at Biltmore Lake, has purchased the Haywood Park Hotel, the Starnes Building, the Haywood Atrium and the associated parking deck from Joe Kimmel for $18.5 million. Fraga said that the Haywood Park properties would be the geographic and figurative centerpiece of his development efforts in Asheville.
Air fair?
People Advocating Real Conservancy, an Asheville community activist group, has decided to challenge the city’s policy of selling air rights to developers. At the same time, the group has placed an upset bid on air rights above the sidewalk at 82 Patton Avenue offered for sale to redevelopers of the old First Union Building.