Three historic buildings in downtown Gainesville received a second chance at life last week after the Holy Trinity Episcopal Foundation (HTEF) backtracked on demolition and sold the deteriorated properties to new owners.
On July 1, Scott Shillington and Hal Mendez purchased the buildings at 101, 103 and 113 N. Main St. for $1.2 million from HTEF, an organization of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (100 NE 1st St.), under Robocorps LLC.
Shillington and Mendez own nearly a dozen other local properties, including The Top, The Wooly Events, The Atlantic, Pop-A-Top, The Dime and The Florida Room…