Restaurant Lot in Hyannis to Become Open Space

“Barnstable Puts Vacant Lot Out of Business”
Cape Cod Times, May 29, 2008
By Matthew M. Burke

HYANNIS -- Town workers installed metal barricades around the former Chili's restaurant property on Route 132 Saturday to curb illegal parking that has been costing the town airport about $1,000 per day in lost parking fees ...

Chili's closed in September 2005 and the building has been vacant since. The town purchased the property for $1.6 million, and the sale finally closed Friday ...

The property was purchased using $880,000 of Community Preservation Act money approved by the town council in February and another $800,000 paid for by Berkshire Development as a condition of putting a Circuit City store on the former Star City Grill property, also on Route 132. ...

... the town is working on plans to demolish the old Chili's building, which will be turned into open space. No buildings or benches are planned for the site, only landscaping ... ©

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