Palassis wasn’t sitting idly by. Already the owner of the nearby 129-room Town and Country Inn and Suites for the past 38 years, he has since built the 150-room Home2 across the street.
He’s made a fan out of Charleston County Councilman Brantley Moody.
“Jimmy Palassis is West Ashley. He raised his family here, he’s reinvested here, and I am looking forward to what he can make happen on that site and on those eyesore corners,” said Moody.