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    Mexican restaurant, short-term rentals coming to historic building in Columbia’s Vista

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    By BY CALEB BOZARD

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    Mexican restaurant, short-term rentals coming to historic building in Columbia’s Vista

    COLUMBIA — A historic building in The Vista is being converted to a new restaurant space and short-term rentals in one of the city’s premier entertainment districts.

    Work has begun at the two-story building at 1002 Gervais St. to welcome a new Qdoba mexican restaurant and four boutique, short-term rental apartments, building owner and developer Frank Cason told The Post and Courier on Sept. 13.

    The restaurant will be on the ground floor, with the short-term rental units above. The city issued $1.2 million in construction permits to create the apartment spaces in August.

    Cason expects the property to come online in the first quarter of 2026, he said.

    “We are excited to deliver another mixed use, historic rehab project in the heart of the Vista,” he said in a statement. “Columbia has a lot of momentum and our team feels fortunate that we are able to be a part of it.”

    The new Qdoba would be the third location from the chain in the Columbia area, joining one on the University of South Carolina’s campus and another at Fort Jackson, as well as another in Orangeburg.

    The brand offers tacos, burritos and other Mexican cuisine across over 800 locations in the continental United States, Puerto Rico, Canada and Japan, according to the chain’s website.

    The 4,300-square-foot building sits at the corner of Gervais and Park streets and was built in 1929, according to tax records. It was last sold in 2023 to a 1000 Gervais LLC, according to records.

    Gouda Judy, local drag queen and show director at The Capital Club next door to the property, said no one at the LGBTQ+ bar had heard anything about plans for the 1000 Gervais building.

    “None of us that I know of really know what they are doing with that building,” Judy said in a text message on Sept. 12. “I hope not apartments! Next to a nightclub would be diabolical.”

    The new apartments and restaurant would be the latest to come to The Vista, which has evolved from a scrappy industrial neighborhood to an underground arts district to one of the city’s premier entertainment and nightlife scenes.

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