The Aurora City Council is looking at redevelopment deals to bring more restaurants to the city's downtown.
A rendering shows what Leilani, an Asian fusion restaurant proposed for one of the first floor suites in the redeveloped Hobbs Building in downtown Aurora, may look like inside.City Council members on the Finance Committee on Thursday endorsed two different deals, one to bring three restaurants into the first floor of the historic Hobbs Building at Galena Boulevard and River Street, and the other to add apartments to a building that already has a brewery under construction at 100 Cross St.
The restaurant at 2 N. River St., the corner suite that includes two floors and 7,979 square feet, would be Leilani, an Asian fusion restaurant. The restaurant would feature up to 150 seats, and also have patio dining in an outdoor space planned for the west side, or the back, of the building. Opening would be planned for this summer.
Eventually, there could be a banquet facility in the building’s basement shared by all three restaurants. Officials said the restaurants would feature lunch specials and menus, and have dinner menus in the $26 entree range. City officials said that both JH Real Estate partners, and Ananthapadmanabhan and Punukollu personally, would guarantee the loans.
A survey by the Aurora Civic Center Authority of patrons of the Paramount Theatre showed that about two-thirds of them dine somewhere else besides Aurora before and after shows.When asked why, they answered that there is not enough variety of dining places downtown, Withall said.She pointed out that it also dovetails with the increased residential spaces coming downtown. She said Aurora has almost 550 new apartment spaces either recently developed or in development during the next few years.
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