By Christina Sampson | Florence Reminder Blade-Tribune
After weeks of renovations, the dust has settled and the most spacious business suite in the Silver King Hotel is ready for a new tenant.
The town paid about $20,000 to install new sinks, a grease interceptor, a tankless water heater and to improve the air conditioning system, all in hopes of attracting a new anchor business to the building.
“We’re looking for an eating establishment or an eating and drinking establishment,” Jess Knudson, assistant town manager, said.
However, he added, the space could accommodate a different business, too.
“It also could serve as a real nice retail establishment,” Knudson said. The suite, formerly the location of Second Hand Rose, has now been vacant for months.
The overall goal, Knudson said, is to get “a tenant that will attract more people to the downtown area.”
To that end, the space will be leased at a rate below market price and a budget has been established to help a new tenant make any necessary changes to the space.
