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- Recent decades · 1976–2026
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Estes Drive and Burlage Circle residents reach an agreement with Hakan-Corley over the Siena Hotel
Attorney Grainger Barrett announced an agreement between residents of the Burlage Circle and Estes Drive neighborhood and developer Hakan-Corley and Associates over the hotel planned for the former Brady's restaurant site.
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The Siena Hotel prepares to open on East Franklin Street
The 80-room Siena Hotel, built by the Siena Partnership of Joe Hakan and Sam Longiotti as part of a nine-acre development with the Chapel Hill Center, was scheduled to open in late October 1987.
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Downtown Commission asks for a special tax district for downtown Chapel Hill and Carrboro
Downtown Commission president Joe Hakan asked the Chapel Hill Town Council for a special service district taxing downtown property 7 cents per $100 to help fund the commission and a free downtown trolley. The council later voted the district down.
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Joe Hakan becomes chairman of the chamber of commerce
Joe Hakan became chairman of the chamber's board of directors and led it out of a budget deficit, cutting salaries and staff and hiring a lower-paid director.
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