EDENTON — Town council members this week tabled a decision on a requested special use permit related to plans to renovate a long-vacant, nearly century-old hotel in the historic district, the Outer Banks Voice reported.
SAGA Realty and Construction’s estimated $9 million plans for the four-story building include two stories of apartments, a floor of hotel suites and ground-floor retail space with work performed “in accordance with approvals” by the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers and the National Park Service, according to the Hotel Hotel permit request.
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The unanimous decision to table action came during a quasi-judicial hearing held Monday. The board was unconvinced that, after almost 10 years of frustration and delays, that SAGA would deliver on their plans for the hotel, the Voice reported.
SAGA acquired the property in 2015. The hotel was built in 1926 and had been vacant since 2012.
Council members expressed frustration with the lack of progress in renovating the structure, and residents and business owners said the building was unsafe.
