Depot developer Bloc Global threatens to walk from Downtown deal
Today the Augusta Chronicle reported that it looks like the proposed $94 million dollar Augusta Riverfront Depot project is teetering on the edge of collapse. Bloc Global, the developer, has asked for the return of their $50,000 held in escrow, or they will terminate from the deal.
In 2016, the commission authorized the city DDA to market a 6.3-acre riverfront parcel at the corner of Reynolds and Sixth streets and we later learned of a pretty major conflict over the employee parking lot at the site that was provided for Unisys Corp the year before.
What are your thoughts on this project? What do you think will be the result?
Read the full story:
https://www.augustachronicle.com/news/20200107/depot-developers-threaten-to-withdraw-from-deal