You may have previously visited the corner of Broughton and Abercorn streets to take out a loan or pay your utility bill, but in the coming years you might be there to enjoy a cocktail on Broughton Street’s only rooftop bar.

Designed by local group Levy & Kiley Architects 60 years ago, the Broughton Municipal Building at 132 East Broughton St. originally served as First Federal Savings & Loan before the city of Savannah purchased it in 1991. Now under the ownership of Columbia Ventures, it’s slated to become a 43-room hotel with a restaurant on the ground floor and a rooftop bar. Space will also include an entertainment and bar component in the basement.

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“An Atlanta developer has purchased the century-old Union Terminal Warehouse with plans for a multimillion-dollar redevelopment that could bring three stories of mixed-income apartments to the struggling East Jacksonville neighborhood that borders downtown on the other side of the Matthews Bridge expressway. …”

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Source: The Florida Times-Union/Jacksonville.com

“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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