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Petersburg warns developer to repair or raze blighted hotel, or city will
April 29, 2021 8
A sign announcing plans for the building stands in front of the former Ramada Inn between East Washington and Wythe streets in Petersburg. (
Jonathan Spiers photos)
As it starts work on another building in South Richmond that it purchased less than a year ago, the development firm that more than five years ago announced plans to redevelop the former Ramada Inn in Petersburg is facing an ultimatum from that city to take action on the property.
City leaders in Petersburg said in a news conference Wednesday that they intend to obtain a court order requiring property owner C.A. Harrison Cos. to repair or demolish the blighted hotel building along Interstate 95 that’s become more of an eyesore than it was in late 2015, when the firm announced plans for a $20 million rehab. ....

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