Plans for a new mixed-use project at the former Kingsdown mattress site in downtown Mebane, North Carolina have surfaced. A South Carolina builder wants to add 87 townhouses plus shops at West Washington and Third streets.
After buying the land for $3.3 million last August, the builder scrapped an earlier apartment plan. Workers cleared most structures by November, keeping just the historic Cotton Building intact.
That two-story Cotton Building, which stands between the city hall and library, will become a 2,000-square-foot gathering spot. For years, this spot marked the heart of Kingsdown’s work in Mebane, where many locals earned their living…