A Chapel Hill property on West Rosemary Street that formerly housed a popular restaurant now has a new owner — and new uncertainty about the property’s future.
The site on the 300 block of West Rosemary had been the home of Breadmen’s restaurant until last year. Since 2015, the developer Amity Station LLC had been in negotiations with town officials on plans for a new mixed-use project. Despite numerous conflicts between the sides over issues ranging from building size and height to protecting the nearby Northside neighborhood, those plans were still in the works as of November 2019, when a public information meeting for community members was scheduled to be held.
2016 concept art for the Amity Station development, which saw many iterations as developers considered bringing a new apartment complex to downtown Chapel Hill. (Photo via MHAworks.)
But all plans are now on hold: the Herald-Sun reported earlier this month that Amity Station sold the 1.3-acre site. The new owner is TGAP, which is part of a larger student-housing company that also owns The Warehouse apartments on the same block. According to reports, TGAP paid $7.15 million for the property, though the company has not announced any long-term plans.
For now, the West Rosemary Street space is vacant. Breadmen’s relocated to South Elliott Road last year, with new owners and a slightly new name: it’s now called Breadman’s, with an A.
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