New commerical on Main Street

[John P]

Captain     it has all been in public records and the city disclosed the information in a public meeting. I am surprised nobody found out before.

[MusicMan]

SOXFAN:

For the Record, The city put out a Request for Proposals on 1850 N Main and (as far as I know) did not get one inquiry.  They have another fantastic building across from the Ritz Theater that also has tremendous potential, and someone is after that one too.  There is no shortage of "project" spaces in Springfield. Try looking into anything that Craig Van Horne owned, most of it has been foreclosed on or is going to be.

[fieldafm]

SOXFAN:

For the Record, The city put out a Request for Proposals on 1850 N Main and (as far as I know) did not get one inquiry.  They have another fantastic building across from the Ritz Theater that also has tremendous potential, and someone is after that one too.  There is no shortage of "project" spaces in Springfield. Try looking into anything that Craig Van Horne owned, most of it has been foreclosed on or is going to be.

That's not entirely true... no one put a 'qualifying' offer on it.  There was a group, that owns a successful night club, that did put a bid out on it but they didn't meet the city's price for the building(IMO one that is too high to begin with).

[MusicMan]

FIELD: Are you talking about 1850 N Main or the building across from Ritz Theater?

[thelakelander]

Yes.  He's talking about 1850 N Main.

[Demosthenes]

SOXFAN:

For the Record, The city put out a Request for Proposals on 1850 N Main and (as far as I know) did not get one inquiry.  They have another fantastic building across from the Ritz Theater that also has tremendous potential, and someone is after that one too.  There is no shortage of "project" spaces in Springfield. Try looking into anything that Craig Van Horne owned, most of it has been foreclosed on or is going to be.

That's not entirely true... no one put a 'qualifying' offer on it.  There was a group, that owns a successful night club, that did put a bid out on it but they didn't meet the city's price for the building(IMO one that is too high to begin with).

I heard there was more to it than just the low bid.

[soxfan]

I knew about the RFP from last year, but have been inquiring about the 9th &Main property for a couple of months now. We get answering machines and no call backs from the powers that be downtown. I'm not a real estate person or the investor, just a hoodie who suggested the building to a friend who does this stuff for a living. She had sold her last business in Murrel's Inlet and was getting itchy to do it again. We started making calls to find out how to buy the property. We got no answers from anyone. We were given numbers of some city people to call who were supposedly the people to call. None of them answer their phones or return calls when you leave messages. I guess, because of Carmine's, the city doesn't need to give the info to anyone else..

[uptowngirl]

The Epicurean has a new owner who is planning on opening a cafe there. I believe opening by Dec 1st.

I HAVE heard a rumor there is a buyer from Atlanta for the Fusion or whatever it's name is now....has anyone else heard about this?