945 Broadway
Columbus, GA 31901

The Hardaway Building is a 50,000 square foot exclusive Class A property located in Uptown Columbus on the corner of Broadway and 10th Street.  Convenient walk to all services, hotels, dining and entertainment.  Operating under the management of Lampton Realty, the Hardaway Building is a three-story building accompanied by a two-story parking garage.  Close to River Centre for the Performing Arts, Springer Opera House, Columbus Convention and Trade Center, Columbus State University’s River Park campus facilities, Government Center, Federal Court House and Post Office.
History
Built in 1880, the two three-story buildings were known as the Webster Buildings.  It housed many different businesses during the first six decades.  The ground floor had several grocery companies, including the A & P Tea Company.  The upper floors consisted of various enterprises for attorney offices, insurance and real estate offices.  After 1938, both buildings were occupied for the Schwob Manufacturing Company.  It included their home office, it’s manufacturing plant and a men’s retail clothing store on the first floor.  Schwob ended their occupancy in 1974 and both buildings remained vacant.  In 1987, Lampton Realty Company purchased the property and began renovating the two structures.  All interior walls were removed that weren’t structural, they rejoined both buildings by adding an atrium and completely reworked the face of the exterior walls.  The marble that had been installed on the two faces of the exterior walls during a renovation in 1938 was removed, polished and reinstalled as flooring in the common areas and windowsill throughout the building.  The exterior faces were covered with granite and dryvit and all window frames and windows replaced.  Since 1987, the Hardaway Building has housed many long standing accounting, financial security, law firms and manufacturing corporate offices.  In 2009, major internal renovations were made due to a tornado that hit the southeast portion of the building.  Since then Lampton Realty has housed many long-standing tenants:  First Floor:  Morgan Stanley Investment Banking Company, Ameriprise Financial, Neal Howard & Associates, PC.  Second Floor:  Ledger-Enquirer.  Third Floor:  Lampton Realty, Standard Concrete Products, Law Offices of Michael Smith and Ellene Welsh