The former Community Bainbridge Baptist Church properties have been purchased by a developer active in the neighborhood. (J. Elias O’Neal)
A Southside sanctuary that once was eyed for a new city homeless shelter has officially landed in the hands of a developer.
Corinthian Construction’s Ben Adamson last month purchased the Community Bainbridge Baptist Church at 1101 Bainbridge St., along with two adjoining parcels at 1109 Bainbridge and 1100 Porter streets for a combined $1.5 million, according to city records.
The transaction was recorded Oct. 19.
Adamson, who has remained a prolific developer in the Manchester neighborhood, said his firm is mulling ideas for the site.
The transaction includes the 17,000-square-foot church building that once was used as the congregation’s offices, kitchen and sanctuary; the neighboring two-story parsonage at 1109 Bainbridge St.; and a 0.2-acre lot behind the main church building at 1100 Porter St. that houses a basketball court.
The three properties most recently were assessed by the city for $855,000. Joyner Commercial had the combined properties listed for about $1.4 million, according to its website.
All three properties are zoned R-63 residential, which calls for multifamily urban development.
Securing the sites has taken months to complete. Adamson made an offer on the parcels in April, but fell short after Commonwealth Catholic Charities placed them under contract last summer for a cold-weather overflow homeless shelter.
But a tight timeline to open the shelter by October and contentious neighborhood meetings forced CCC to terminate the deal with owner Community Bainbridge Baptist Trust, allowing Adamson to place the properties under contract in August.
With the church sites under his control, Adamson now owns a majority stake on the residential block bounded by Porter, Bainbridge, and East 12th and 13th streets. He also owns the Brewer’s Cafe-anchored apartment development at 101 W. 12th St., and a two-story residential building at 1104 Porter St.
And he remains active in the growing neighborhood.
After Adamson and local developer Charles Macfarlane sold their first completed phase of Manchester Park at 1300 McDonough St. last summer for $5.5 million, they began site work on their latest extension of Manchester Park on the 1200 block of McDonough St. for another mixed-use project. Plans call for the project to include 33 apartments and a 4,000-square-foot corner commercial space.
The duo also completed six townhome-style duplexes and a 12-unit apartment building with a corner commercial space along McDonough Street between West 13th and 14th streets about a year ago. Site work also is underway on the pair’s infill townhome development near the corner of Perry and North 12th streets.
The former Community Bainbridge Baptist Church properties have been purchased by a developer active in the neighborhood. (J. Elias O’Neal)
A Southside sanctuary that once was eyed for a new city homeless shelter has officially landed in the hands of a developer.
Corinthian Construction’s Ben Adamson last month purchased the Community Bainbridge Baptist Church at 1101 Bainbridge St., along with two adjoining parcels at 1109 Bainbridge and 1100 Porter streets for a combined $1.5 million, according to city records.
The transaction was recorded Oct. 19.
Adamson, who has remained a prolific developer in the Manchester neighborhood, said his firm is mulling ideas for the site.
The transaction includes the 17,000-square-foot church building that once was used as the congregation’s offices, kitchen and sanctuary; the neighboring two-story parsonage at 1109 Bainbridge St.; and a 0.2-acre lot behind the main church building at 1100 Porter St. that houses a basketball court.
The three properties most recently were assessed by the city for $855,000. Joyner Commercial had the combined properties listed for about $1.4 million, according to its website.
All three properties are zoned R-63 residential, which calls for multifamily urban development.
Securing the sites has taken months to complete. Adamson made an offer on the parcels in April, but fell short after Commonwealth Catholic Charities placed them under contract last summer for a cold-weather overflow homeless shelter.
But a tight timeline to open the shelter by October and contentious neighborhood meetings forced CCC to terminate the deal with owner Community Bainbridge Baptist Trust, allowing Adamson to place the properties under contract in August.
With the church sites under his control, Adamson now owns a majority stake on the residential block bounded by Porter, Bainbridge, and East 12th and 13th streets. He also owns the Brewer’s Cafe-anchored apartment development at 101 W. 12th St., and a two-story residential building at 1104 Porter St.
And he remains active in the growing neighborhood.
After Adamson and local developer Charles Macfarlane sold their first completed phase of Manchester Park at 1300 McDonough St. last summer for $5.5 million, they began site work on their latest extension of Manchester Park on the 1200 block of McDonough St. for another mixed-use project. Plans call for the project to include 33 apartments and a 4,000-square-foot corner commercial space.
The duo also completed six townhome-style duplexes and a 12-unit apartment building with a corner commercial space along McDonough Street between West 13th and 14th streets about a year ago. Site work also is underway on the pair’s infill townhome development near the corner of Perry and North 12th streets.
This will be so much better for the community than a homeless shelter. Manchester already has two other smaller shelters for men and the city’s largest shelter for women and children. The City–the region–needs a comprehensive plan for the homeless including a way to stop the flow of them into ACCA yard from other cities. ( and no I’m not advocating building a wall!)