Employees will lose their jobs and several popular restaurants on Fifth Avenue South will close as part of a plan to demolish a stretch of businesses and replace them with condos and commercial space.
Café Luna, Bella Maria Café and Avenue Wine Café will close next spring, per the plan, in addition to real estate offices and Kohr’s Family Frozen Custard, all between Fourth Street South and Fifth Street South.
Local hotelier Phil McCabe’s proposal for a new three-story building includes 10,300 square feet of commercial use on the ground floor, 11 residential units on the above floors and an underground parking garage with 43 spaces. By razing three cafes, the plan would eliminate more than 100 seats used for outdoor dining.