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Time running out for old Peskin building

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Mike Buffington

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Wednesday, September 26. 2012

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Winder city officials could wind up with another dilapidated downtown building on their hands. After spending hundreds of thousands of dollars first to buy, and then to demolish, the turn-of-the-century Granite Hotel on East Athens Street, the city’s building inspector has condemned the privately owned 1940s-era Peskin’s building on West Athens Street. If owners don't fix the building, the city will begin the legal process for assuming ownership of the building, officials said. The city would have to “gut” the interior and then try to sell the property. If there are no interested buyers, the city would demolish it.
For the full story, see the Sept. 26 issue of the Barrow Journal.

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#1 coolbluerick84 on 09/26/12 at 10:56 AM [Reply]

If they're going to gut it why demolish it???? Why not go all the way and fix it? They buy these properties and waste more money to tear them down then to fix. Why did'nt they go all the way with the granite hotel themselves when they couldn't get nobody else. We have good developers in this town (Maynard,Bartlett,Combs).Use them!!!!! REVITALIZE and REDEVELOP the structures we have! People have no morals or values and they are going to say demolish it...I just know it. New retail isn't everything. Small town charm works too. Let's get rid of these old small run down tract houses around downtown owned by Lanthier a Tuck Rental and replace them with nice duplex apartments and nice houses for decent living in town and foot traffic. Businesses look at that when they locate downtown and vehicle traffic needs to be fixed.

#2 Anon on 09/27/12 at 04:01 PM [Reply]

You obviously missed all of the articles talking about how much $ it would have taken to fix the Granite Hotel. It definitely cost much much less to demolish it.

#3 Longtime on 09/28/12 at 03:07 PM [Reply]

First of all, this is a Privately Owned building, so we need to COMPELL this Owner to Repair it, Fix it and/or Get it occupied (market it) or Sold. It HAS Potential, but we as community & a City FAILED to keep on this owner BEFORE the building got into such a state. WE DO NOT NEED ANOTHER DEMOLISHED BUILDING in Downtown Winder, We the owner to find an investor or WE HELP them (with some cost or incentive back to the City) Market this and get this building back as a Viable part of Downtown. Fine the Owner for being out of Code if they do not Fix it or Help us get it sold.
This building is in better shape, not good, but more sound that we allowed the Granite Hotel to fall into. Shame on us for allowing that once, NOT AGAIN. The City BOUGHT that one, Make this owner get into Compliance; help get a new owner with Capital and a Vision!

#3.1 coolbluerick84 on 09/29/12 at 12:01 AM [Reply]

THANK YOU!!! Finally, someone with common sense, and see things the same as I do. Let's update it to modern style and put something nice everyone can use (Not another thrift store).

#4 Robert Lanham on 09/29/12 at 11:22 AM [Reply]

Longtime and coolblue rick - I understand your sentiments but it if you read the whole article in the paper you would find out that the owner of the property has expressed little if any interest in undating the building - in fact, he indicated that he would contribute only a small amount of his own money to fix the problems and address all the code violations. Sorry, but I don't want to see the city invest any more money that they have to in this - we don't need another million dollar park in downtown Winder. If Peskin won't fix it - and its pretty clear that he won't, then the city should cite him, fine him and then tear the building down and attempt to collect their expenses from him or from the sale of the property to someone who wants to build something functional there.

#4.1 coolbluerick84 on 09/29/12 at 10:56 PM [Reply]

Sadly, I'm aware of what was said. Peskin made it very clear for more than two decades that he was not interested in fixing it. He owned the Granite Hotel before the city bought it from him and look what happened to it. He also owns the building store/warehouse building on the corner of Broad and Laura Street which is currently used as a church (next to Loco's) It too will be the same way. It looks like a pulled tooth out of a row of teeth. They won't build a new building to replace it. They never do and it makes the town look ugly and he should be fined very heavy fees for our losses and his sorry ways. With it's display widows it could make a good place for maybe.... I don't know, A Ross Dress for less.

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