“The city’s Revenue Department, where residents pay their utility bills, will be moved to the Savannah Civic Center, following the Savannah City Council’s 5-3 vote Thursday to sell the Broughton Municipal Building.

The buyer, Columbia Ventures, plans to convert the six-story, mid-century building into a hotel with retail on the ground floor that would be mostly food- and beverage-oriented, and a terrace and event space on the roof, according to Savannah’s Real Estate Services Director David Keating. …”

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Source: savannahnow.com/Savannah Morning News

“The City of Savannah, Ga., is considering a developer’s proposal to turn a six-story municipal building into a hotel.

The Savannah City Council is scheduled to review Columbia Ventures’ $4.5 million offer for the Broughton Municipal Building at 132 East Broughton St. on Thursday, according to a story by SavannahNow.com. …”

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Source: Atlanta Business Chronicle

“… by next summer, the intersection [of Wrightsboro Road and R.A. Dent Boulevard] will look much different.

That’s when a $37.5 million upscale apartment complex called The Foundry is scheduled to start taking in tenants.

City officials expect the 221-unit, market-rate development to attract everyone from young professionals and college students to long-time residents and retirees seeking to return to a city center in the midst of revitalization. …”

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Source: The Augusta Chronicle