Building Our City: Main Street
Demolition work to clear a site for Columbia’s new $11.6 million homeless shelter — or transition center, as supporters call it — could begin as early as October.
Mayor Bob Coble will ask City Council today to OK a task force that will start planning a major overhaul of Assembly Street. At an estimated $100 million to relocate railroad tracks and streetscape, it would be the largest, most expensive project in Columbia’s history.
Four months after announcing it would build Lexington’s first Dunkin’ Donuts, Kainos Partners said it also will open one in downtown Columbia in October.
BUILDING OUR CITY: RESHAPING MAIN STREET
Columbia’s skyline is set to get another boost. Holder Properties of Atlanta plans to build a 19-story office tower at the high-profile corner of Main and Gervais streets.
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