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Ptah

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3. Thanks for that bit of Tucson history, PoindexterOglethorpe

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 30, 2019, 09:51 AM

Jan 2019

The Monastery was recently saved from demolition.

Iconic Tucson monastery spared as agreement is reached in apartment deal

Tucson’s iconic Benedictine Monastery will remain and apartments are expected to go up around the structure under a new agreement between the project developer and a city councilman.

Councilman Steve Kozachik and Ross Rulney gave final concessions on height and the project’s footprint Thursday night.

The agreed-upon height is 55 feet for three structures around the monastery, 800 N. Country Club Road, and a fourth structure of up to that height on the north-adjacent residential parcel.

The exterior of the monastery will be preserved and made into a public venue. And, the apartments will be market-rate, not student housing, Rulney said.

https://tucson.com/business/iconic-tucson-monastery-spared-as-agreement-is-reached-in-apartment/article_cb9e5aec-0f06-5dcb-a9e1-7c3167ac5da2.html

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Former Tucson monastery begins taking in asylum seekers [View all] DesertRat Jan 2019 OP

Thanks for sharing, I hadn't seen this. MLAA Jan 2019 #1

Benedictine Monastery? PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2019 #2

Thanks for that bit of Tucson history, PoindexterOglethorpe Ptah Jan 2019 #3