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Anchor Development presents three options for Old County Courthouse site; commissioners weigh demolition, sale, or adaptive reuse
Summary
Anchor Development proposed (1) adaptive reuse of the Old County Courthouse into roughly 165–200 affordable rental units, (2) demolition and new construction of 90–120 units, or (3) sell and split proceeds into a community land trust and affordability funds; commissioners pressed for gap-financing details and legal constraints on county involvement.
Anchor Development returned to a Forsyth County briefing on Dec. 1 to present three distinct options for using the Old County Courthouse site for affordable housing and related community programs.
Lori Ingram (executive director, introduced at the meeting and speaking for Anchor) described the three options: an adaptive-reuse plan to convert the existing courthouse into roughly 165–200 rental units with a 15,000–20,000 sq. ft. ground-floor grocery and on-site supportive services; a demolition-and-rebuild plan for a podium-style building with 90–120 units; and a sale/proceeds model that would split sale revenue into a community land trust, rental stabilization, and a home-repair/down-payment assistance fund.
Anchor estimated adaptive reuse…
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