Preservation North Carolina envisions converting the propertyinto a $60-million complex comprising apartments, offices, retailand a 30,000-sf civic center. Firestone/Bridgestone donated themill to the preservation group a year ago.

David Rogers of Rock Hill, NC and Murray Gould of Raleigh, NCare two developers discussing the mill's development potential withMark Rodman, chief operating officer of Preservation NorthCarolina.

"What we're looking to do is turn it into an area that hascondos and apartments and we're also working with the city ofGastonia about the possibility of housing a civic center," Rodmantells GlobeSt.com. "There's a good possibility that it will workout, but we're still in negotiations."

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