City Eyes Gloria Swanson Parking Lot For Hacienda Expansion
The city is now doing legal review of the parking lot and adjacent former post office to see if there are any restrictions preventing development there.
The company that has pondered redeveloping the shuttered Hacienda Hotel in New Port Richey is open to exploring an expansion of the hotel over the nearby Gloria Swanson parking lot, according to City Manager John Schneiger. The developers are now waiting on a city legal review that would determine whether there are restrictions preventing development of the parking lot and the adjacent city-owned building that used to house a post office, which could be razed as part of the expansion. “We’re doing the title research right now,” Schneiger said. New Port Richey has been talking to Community Development Partners, which has offices in Jacksonville and Georgia, about the Hacienda’s redevelopment for years. The developer has said it wants …
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Carla Gibson
2:36 pm on Thursday, June 7, 2012
Weren't there a few unsuccessful attempts to renovate the Hacienda over the last several decades? I can't imagine why that beautiful old building was never restored to it's original grand style and turned into a beautiful museum or something long-lasting. I "think" it was turned into an old folks home at one time .. and another time I remember going there years ago with friends (when we were … more ›