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Downtown Augusta hotel still on drawing board
After more than four years, Augusta still awaits its first glimpse of a proposed fifth downtown hotel.
At last report, Florence, S.C.-based Naman Hotels is preparing renderings to present before the Augusta Historic Preservation Commission for design approval, said Augusta Downtown Development Authority Executive Director Margaret Woodard.
There is no date scheduled yet for the presentation, Woodard said Wednesday.
Doing business as Naman Augusta LLC, the hospitality company bought about 1.6 acres of property at 1140 Broad St. in October 2016. Now one parcel, it used to be five parcels held by several different owners who had to agree to sell. The parcels sold collectively for just over $3 million.