The Donaghey Building
The Donaghey Building at Seventh and Main streets in Little Rock is on the agenda for the city board of directors meeting on Tuesday, with an applicant seeking to rezone the site to a multi-use development.
The zoning proposal for the 180,000-SF, 14-story building passed unanimously at the planning commission level. The developer, LRMU LP of Herndon, Virginia, aims to add 154 apartment units and related amenities.
The apartments would range from 402 SF to 1,121 SF and include 38 studio apartments, 63 one-bedroom units and 53 two-bedroom units.
“The applicant is proposing the use of the basement with 154 on-site storage lockers, 77 bike storage racks, bike work bench and dog wash. The first floor is proposed with a fitness center, laundry facilities, community room, 15-seat movie-theater, meeting rooms and an outdoor patio with lawn,” the proposal says.
“The ground floor will also include an area that is proposed for retail and/or office lease space. The remaining floors will be converted into 154 units of market rate apartments. The applicant indicates an existing skywalk located over 7th Street will be opened to allow residents to access parking spaces in a nearby parking deck.”
The building was constructed in 1926.
In 2001, Hot Springs developer Charles Hendrix purchased the building for $600,000. By 2012, the Donaghey Building was the only vacant building on Main Street not under contract with a buyer who had renovation plans.
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