By Eric Curl
April 23, 2023 – The transformation of West River Street continues to take shape, following the development of the Plant Riverside hotel and entertainment complex on the formerly industrial site.
Bob Turner, the owner of 3 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, recently submitted plans to rehabilitate the vacant building located across the street from Richard Kessler’s mega-development, and next to a recently renovated former city fire station that now house’s Poe’s Tavern. The proposed renovations and alterations are part of a plan to convert the structure for retail use on the first floor and high-end luxury apartments on the upper floor with a rooftop garden, according to real estate broker Dicky Mopper.
Constructed in 1939 for the South Atlantic Paper Company and then later occupied by a wholesale laundry and dairy supply company, the proposed work includes the replacement of non-historic windows and entrances, new awnings, a new glass overhead door at one of the loading dock openings, and rehabilitation work. No alterations to the rooftop are in the current proposal.
The rehab and alteration plans by Savannah-based Lynch Associates Architects are scheduled to be considered by the Historic District Board of Review on May 10.
If everything goes smoothly, construction could begin in four or five months, Mopper said.
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