Hastings Catholic Schools to purchase land, building
Charis Ubben
cubben@hastingstribune.com
Hastings Catholic Schools recently announced its intention to purchase an office building and accompanying lot just west of St. Cecilia High School.
The Rev. Troy Schweiger, HCS superintendent, said the school system will close on its purchase of the Werner-Whelan Plaza May 20.
The Werner-Whelan building is currently owned by the shareholders of Plaza Enterprises LLC. It sits at 420 W. Fifth St. and is occupied by four businesses: Shoemaker, Witt & Burns; Whelan & Scherr, attorneys at law; Hastings Anesthesiology Associates P.C.; and Prairie Title Inc.
Schweiger said HCS has no intention of dispossessing these businesses after the purchase is complete.
“We very much would love to have those businesses continue to lease,” Schweiger said.
To read more, see Monday's Hastings Tribune or the Tribune e-edition.