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I believe that Marshall Health has ahold of the old GD Ritzy's building, it's being used for parking for staff right now I believe.
Based on Brad Smith's comments, it seems that the goal for that area of Hal Greer is to turn it into a giant medical campus.
It’s hard to say if Marshall Health officially has it or not. People start parking anywhere they can if it’s closer and they think they won’t get towed.
It appears the Ritzy's property is still owned by the same group that has had it forever. I'd guess Marshall Health is just renting the parking spaces (but eventually will end up buying it). I'm still holding out hope GD Ritzy's will make a come back.
Knowing how people are, my guess is that the spots aren’t being rented. People are just taking advantage of no one being there and using the spots. I think part of the problem with the property is now you have one person that owns the land and one owns the building. Any time you have two people in charge of a property like that, it always complicates moving forward. Like I said earlier, I think it would be a great spot for a Steak and Shake.
Cabell County is now a designated BUILD WV district!
Passed in the 2022 Legislative Session, the BUILD WV Act aims to assist West Virginia’s growing communities in attracting much-needed housing development projects. The credit offers a State Sales and Use Tax exemption for building materials and a 10-year property value adjustment refundable tax credit to offset building costs. West Virginia is one of the fastest growing in-bound states, and the demand for new, residential properties has never been higher.
Hopefully this results in some improved housing stock for Huntington. I'd love to see new houses built on empty lots or to replace dilapidated properties. I also hope that this will also bring about more renovations of historic homes as well. Our downtown has vastly improved over the last 15-20 years and now is the perfect time to focus on bringing up the quality of our neighborhoods.
I noticed new "For Sale" signs on all of the old ACF properties. At the top of those signs is "The Foundry". This looks relatively new as well, as well as pretty awesome.
From the HD this morning regarding the talked about Downtown Streetscape Improvements. Looks like it's finally kicking off.
"The council will also consider a resolution to authorize the mayor to enter into an agreement with GAI Consultants Inc. to provide services for the downtown streetscape project. The initial cost for the project is $1,571,000. Additional services requested are $370,600. The funding for the project will be paid by KYOVA Interstate Planning Commission (80%) and from the city’s general fund (20%).
The study area includes improvements to an approximately four-block area in the heart of downtown Huntington including 9th Street from 3rd Avenue to 7th Avenue, 8th Street from 3rd Avenue to 5th Avenue, 10th Street from 3rd Avenue to 5th Avenue and 3rd Avenue from 8th Street to 9th Street."
That will be nice for 8th, 9th and 10th streets to get a little bit of a face lift. I have a feeling that people are going to gripe though because at least some of that renovation will involve decreasing the number of lanes from 4 to 2 and also putting in the angled, back in parking.
Going back to the Build WV designation, I saw this quote in an article last week and thought that it was pretty interesting:
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Last year the Cabell County Commission invested in a housing study with Advantage Valley, which found Cabell County will need 3,756 homes between 2023 and 2028, Commission President Kelli Sobonya said. The city also had a housing needs assessment performed by Bowen National Research Group that determined there is a need for more housing in the county.
“That’s what we are going to need just to meet the current housing needs, and it’s anticipated that Cabell County will have almost 2,800 new direct/indirect jobs between that same time period,” Sobonya said.
That will be nice for 8th, 9th and 10th streets to get a little bit of a face lift. I have a feeling that people are going to gripe though because at least some of that renovation will involve decreasing the number of lanes from 4 to 2 and also putting in the angled, back in parking.
Going back to the Build WV designation, I saw this quote in an article last week and thought that it was pretty interesting:
That's a lot of units we're needing. I don't want to get ahead of myself, but I think we might actually start to see our population grow over the next few years. I'd also make the bold claim that in five years we'll be the most populated city in WV over Charleston.
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