Posted Jan 30, 2019, 5:17 AM
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Detroiter4life
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Back home in Georgia!
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The MPC approved the plan to demolish the 90-yeard Seaboard freight depot to make way fora 7-story, 255-unit apartment building. While I hate to see the building go, the new building won't be too bad.
Seaboard Freight Depot
 Savannah by brandon walker, on Flickr
703 LOUISVILLE
 703 Louisville-Savannah by brandon walker, on Flickr
Savannah freight depot demolition, apartment plan gets go-ahead from planning commission
Eric Cur
Savannah Morning News January 29, 2019
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The property owner, WEDP, will next have to present the general development plan to develop 255 market-rate apartments at the site at 703 Louisville Road, along with an accompanying rezoning, to the Savannah City Council for consideration.
The vote on Tuesday came after a consultant’s report commissioned by WEDP found that the terminal was not eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places due to significant architectural alterations during the past 50 years.
The owner’s representatives also said that — regardless of whether tax credits would be available — preserving the structure would not be economically feasible due to the building’s dilapidated condition and significant design and engineering challenges that would be associated with erecting the project around the depot building located on a brownfield site.
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https://www.savannahnow.com/news/201...ing-commission
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