NEW SMYRNA BEACH — A roughly $107,000 Community Redevelopment Agency grant approved for the development of a assisted living facility on Washington Street will be reallocated after a building permit could not be secured in time to meet the city’s April 1 deadline.
With the grant voided, that money could be shifted to fund home repairs in the Historic Westside neighborhood, a gateway project on Third Avenue and to buy more parking spaces in the Flagler Avenue area.
Jim Vandergrifft, a former mayor who owns the property at the corner of Washington and Hillman streets, said he still hopes the four-story, 80-plus bed assisted living facility will be built there. He said he’s in talks with a company that would buy the property and build the project.