The former home of Taz’s Supermarket on South Wilmington Street has changed hands and is slated to be torn down.
The move closes the chapter on a troubled downtown Raleigh property nearly three years after a fatal stabbing inside the store led to the owner’s murder conviction and a $1.3 million wrongful death settlement.
This month, Empire Properties, run by Raleigh real-estate magnate Greg Hatem, purchased a cluster of mostly historic buildings at 104 E. Hargett St., and 201, 205 and 209 S. Wilmington St., including Taz’s, for $2.7 million, according to Wake County records…