"Concord Hospitality's special-use permit for building a hotel at the McPherson Hospital site won Board of Adjustment approval Tuesday, and Preservation Durham Director Bob Ashley called it a "great victory."

Terms of the approval require repair and, to the extent possible, restoration, of the 1926 hospital building on Main Street between Buchanan Boulevard and Watts Street. The former hospital's south front, which faces Main Street, will be incorporated into the 145-room hotel."