Historic Jewish Cemeteries in Savannah Give Ok for New Hotel Nearby, After Concessions from Builder

Staff Report From Georgia CEO

Thursday, September 19th, 2024

Six-month-long negotiations between a developer and two historic Jewish cemeteries resulted in restrictions to how a future hotel will be built. GPB's Benjamin Payne reports.

 
 

The owners of two historic Jewish cemeteries in Savannah have come to an agreement with a developer to allow the construction of a hotel nearby, overcoming initial objections that the future Savannah Station Hotel would endanger the Mordecai Sheftall Cemetery and the Levi Sheftall Cemetery.

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