Residents can expect to see a shopping center take shape on the former site of the 13th Street Brasington Cadillac-Oldsmobile dealership, now demolished.
The sale of the property, which is located at 2001 NW 13th St., was finalized in late July, said Beau Beery of Coldwell Banker Commercial M. M. Parrish Realtors.
Beery, who represented the seller, Bluestone Lands of Houston, said the land was divided into three parcels — north, middle and south sections — and each was sold to a separate buyer.
The three separate buyers each have different plans for their portion of the land, Beery said.
“A Dollar General is going into the middle parcel, while the northern part has been bought by Nathan Collier to create a better entrance to his apartment complex in back,” he said. “The southern piece was sold to a woman developing a retail center — there’s been talks of it having salons and maybe a grocery store.”
Located across the street from Gainesville High School, the property was used as a temporary car sales lot after the dealership closed.
“It’s a pretty iconic place,” Beery said. “It’s changing hands — as it should — and everyone seems to be pretty excited about it.”
Realtor Dan Drotos said plans for the shopping strip on the southern parcel of the lot are still not finalized.
“Nothing’s for sure for that corner of land,” he said. “But there’s been talks of a multitenant retail building.”
Drotos also confirmed a Dollar General will be built in the middle parcel, arriving as the third Dollar General in a 2-mile radius of the property.
Concept Development of Gainesville, the company developing the Dollar General, could not be reached for a comment.
A version of this story ran on page 8 on 9/23/2013 under the headline "Former Cadillac dealership to become a shopping center"
