O'Briant Store for sale
Speaking of my favorite buildings in Durham, kudos to Cathleen Turner and Preservation North Carolina for getting an option on the awesome former O'Briant Store at 613 Holloway St. for $45,000. It's got some serious structural issues with the rear third, but based on my numbers, I think it makes sense financially, beyond simply being a building that it's easy to fall in love with. PNC's listing is here. They also have an option on the house next door at 611 Holloway - that listing is here.
These are two wonderful properties, but beyond that, there are certain buildings that serve as linchpin structures for broader neighborhood revitalization. The buildings at the juncture of the railroad bridge/Railroad Street and Holloway are critical in this regard. There are amazing structures east of the bridge on Holloway, including the increasingly forlorn and important Calvin O'Briant House. These building will have a critical impact on saving the structures east of the bridge and north of Liberty Street.
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That is such a cool old building! Great news.
Are the railroad tracks beside the building still active? Who is responsible for maintaing the overgrown vegetation between the building and the tracks?
oh man...
that might be the most lusted over building in Durham!
The railroad track is occasionally used to deliver carloads of cement to the concrete plant on Geer Street. This plant is the only customer. The chances of NS running a weed spray train are slim to none.
How would one go about running the numbers for something like this?
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