North Adams Garage Owner Gets Permit ReprieveNite Owl automotive repair was found to be in compliance with its permit. North Adams Planners OK 11-Room Addition to PorchesThe hotel on River Street is planning to knock down two adjacent buildings at 22-28 Veazie St. and replace them with a new structure that will contain 11 rooms and four studios, and will allow for seven underground parking spaces. Adams Theater Owner Buys Topia InnThe new owners, Pleasant St Holdings LLC, purchased the property on Jan. 18 for $600,000. They are working with local designer Beau Barela, who owns Hearts Pace tea shop in North Adams, to reconceptualize the design. Auction of Williamstown's Orchards Hotel Postponed to FebruaryThe real estate auction of a closed Main Street hotel again was postponed late Tuesday, fewer than 24 hours before the scheduled sale. Lenox Hotels Sold for $38MMission Hill Hospitality, a KSL Capital Partners portfolio company, closed the sales on Aug. 11 for the Courtyard by Marriot Lenox and Hampton Inn & Suites Berkshires-Lenox from Toole Lodging Group. Pittsfield Council OKs TIF Extension for Proposed Holiday Inn ExpressOn Tuesday, the City Council voted to amend the hotel's six-year Tax Increment Financing (TIF) agreement that was approved in May of 2020 to an eight-year TIF. Downstreet Hotel Replaces Holiday Inn in North AdamsThe new Hotel Downstreet was purchased by NA Hotel LLC on Friday for $4.45 million. Realty Group Outlines Plans for North Adams Holiday InnColin Kane, founding partner of Peregrine Group, and Sarah Eustis of Main Street Hospitality Group gave the City Council the rundown on their plans for the 50-year-old property. Tourists Resort's Plans for Former Mass Ave Church ApprovedThe Planning Board signed off on amended plans for the former Our Lady of Incarnation Church on Monday, coming weeks after the City Council approved a zoning change for the adjacent property and months after the plans were first presented. |