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Row of Fan office buildings to be razed for salon-anchored development
March 15, 2021 10
A row of office buildings in the Fan sold last fall for $1.3 million and are now set to be razed for a mixed-use development. (
Mike Platania photo)
A row of aging office buildings in the Fan is set to be razed to make way for a new salon-anchored development.
Local developer and entrepreneur Andrew Flint is planning to replace four century-old structures in the 2600 block of West Cary Street with a mixed-use project that will include a storefront for Hive Salon Studios, a local chain he owns.
Flint bought the buildings at 2606, 2608, 2610 and 2612 W. Cary St. for $1.27 million in November 2020 and began looking into renovating them, rather than tearing them down.
Brave New World
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