Downtown parking lot only temporary
The parking lot at the corner of Main Street and Gallatin Avenue in downtown Uniontown will be home to some type of business next year, according to Commercial Center Associates, which owns the property. “The parking lot is temporary,” said Jessica Hajek, CCA’s director of development.
CCA, Joseph A. Hardy III’s real estate company, owned the three buildings that stood on the lot and had them demolished in October.
Hajek said CCA couldn’t decide on what to do with the buildings before Christmas so it demolished the buildings and created a parking lot for the adjacent restaurant, 30 East Main, and The Nemacolin Collection shops on Main Street so that there wouldn’t be a vacant lot there during the holiday season.
She said CCA made an informal agreement with the city to use the lot for parking for six months.
The six-month period ends in April.
“We’re still finalizing all of our plans. Nothing has been ruled out,” Hajek said. “We’re definitely working to recruit more tenants for downtown Uniontown.”
She said CCA had a couple of development ideas for the buildings that used to occupy the lot, but the buildings, which had additions built on, were too “chopped” to work with.
Plans for one building at the site will be reviewed after Jan. 1, and a decision on the development will be made sometime afterward, Hajek said.