A former business office known as the York Professional Building near the downtown post office will receive a makeover in hopes of attracting retail use and more businesses.
 

Cramerton-based Lenox Development Group will also offer office space for lease in the 8,300-square-foot brick building at 155 S. York St. that was constructed in 1930.

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Lenox Development hopes to attract retail type use, such as a coffee shop or restaurant, for the upper level of the building and office space use for the lower level.

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The development should add momentum to downtown business growth, said Eric Vargosko, managing partner of Lenox Development.

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"Our intention and hope is to bring a higher quality of development to Gastonia similar to what other cities that have experienced this type of growth," Vargosko said. "We want the place to be very inviting."

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Renovations to the building will keep the brick exterior, along with exposed brick walls inside, a wood roof and high ceilings.

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Lenox, which has been doing mixed use and commercial development since 2005, tries to take consideration with surrounding properties with all of its projects, Vargosko said.

"You're taking a vision and implementing it as a place where people live, work and play," he said.