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Fayetteville staff and HR&A outline mixed‑use plans for Blount/Gillespie site, recommend rezoning and two‑stage solicitation
Summary
City staff presented HR&A’s market analysis and three mixed‑use concepts for the roughly 8½‑acre Blount (Blunt/Blount) and Gillespie site, all of which preserve the E.E. Smith House and include public open space; HR&A recommended rezoning before an RFP, a two‑stage RFQ/RFP, and study of a tax‑increment grant to fund public amenities.
City staff and consultants presented three concept designs and financial analysis for an 8½‑acre city‑owned property at the Blount/Gillespie intersection on Tuesday, laying out a path for the site to move from study to solicitation and, eventually, development.
Chris (city staff) told the council the site — assembled over the past decade and completed in 2024 — has been considered for several redevelopment ideas and that recent market shifts since 2020 make a fresh analysis necessary. HR&A Advisors, led by senior analyst Austin Amendolia, provided the technical presentation and financial outlook.
"All three concepts preserve the E.E. Smith House," Amendolia said, and "each design prioritizes public open space in different ways," language the consultants repeated to emphasize preservation of the…
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