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City to seek partners to activate 91 Riverside Drive with 10–15 year leases

Asheville City Council · April 24, 2026
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Summary

City staff told council they will advertise a request for proposals or letters of interest to lease 91 Riverside Drive for 10–15 years, keeping long-term city ownership while seeking partners to activate the brownfields, flood‑prone site and align work with river-district recovery and the municipal climate action plan.

Antoinette Mosley and other council members heard that staff will seek proposals to activate 91 Riverside Drive with multi‑year leases while retaining city ownership.

The presentation by Nikki Reed summarized constraints and opportunities at 91 Riverside Drive, a city-owned property purchased in 2012 that retains a historic smokestack, sits in the flood plain and is subject to a brownfields agreement restricting soil disturbance. Reed said the site’s developable…

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