2 8th St
Augusta, GA 30901
Cotton Exchange on the River · Property For Lease

Cotton Exchange on the River contains up to six unique retail spaces. The Market Building has been leased to 2nd City Distillery. Go by and check out their great facility. The Veranda Building contains 1,673 sq on the 1st floor and 1,461 sf on the 2nd floor. The first floor space is suitable for retail, service or an apparel shop, while the second floor would be perfect as an office. The Whitney Building contains two floors of retail space (3,550 sf on the 1st level and 2,009 sf on the 2nd level). Potential uses for the 1st floor include a restaurant or brew pub, while the 2nd floor could serve as a residential loft or restaurant/service. The property is in a popular area historic downtown Augusta and centrally located on the Eighth Street bulkhead with tremendous festival foot traffic including Saturday Market on the River. Located between the Unisys building, Cyber Center and convention center/hotels, the property opens up to the 8th Street fountain and esplanade and is extremely convenient for local businesses, banks and attorney offices. Plenty of parking available; anchored by Mi Rancho Restaurant and South State Bank. The property once housed one of Augusta's oldest continuously operating businesses, S.M. Whitney Co., a cotton brokerage formed just after the Civil War by a descendant of cotton gin inventor Eli Whitney. The company was one of the Cotton Exchange's 200 members. It helped to make Augusta the nation's second-largest inland cotton market. Large corner lot with dedicated parking on the corner of 5th and Broad St. Text or call Janie Terrell Peel at 706-564-6231 to schedule a showing or viewing or for more information.