By Eric Curl
Jan. 6, 2022 – The city of Savannah is attempting to help alleviate a downtown health clinic’s parking problems, after trading property previously designated for a parking garage.
In December, the city transferred ownership of 635 Broughton Street to the Hospital Authority of Savannah, according to public records.
As part of an agreement with the city, the hospital authority will in turn lease the property at a rate of $500 a year to the adjacent Curtis V. Cooper Primary Health Clinic for use as a 14-space parking lot.
The agreement was approved by the Savannah City Council last year in an attempt to alleviate the health clinic’s parking challenges following a land swap with a developer.
After the city abandoned plans to build a parking garage there, the property the city swapped in 2019 is now being developed as an apartment complex geared towards Savannah College of Art and Design students.
The one-story building at 635 Broughton St., which previously housed Savannah Pedicab, will be demolished to make way for the parking lot, under the plan.
After being notified that their lease would be terminated to make way for the parking lot, Savannah Pedicab relocated to a new location on Barnard Street, near Duffy Street, on the south end of downtown.
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