According to recent reports, developers have decided not to continue moving forward with the Divinity building. Throughout the entire approval process with the city, the Barber Group faced opposition from many Fayetteville residents. Alderman Kyle Cook says he felt the Divinity building looked out of place and would have changed the unique character of Dickson Street. "My biggest problem was the location of that building. If they had moved it up the street, somewhere else, I probably would've supported it," Cook said. Even though the city council approved Divinity after much public criticism and praise, Cook says he's not surprised developers decided to cancel the project. "I didn't think that after all the debate we had and then the fact that the two individuals took them to court over it, I really wasn't too surprised they decided not to go forward with it." Even though it looks as though the Divinity building will never exist outside of it's colorful architectural drawings...Cook says it at least got people in Fayetteville talking. "I think Underwood and the Legacy before that really woke people up to what was going on about the size of buildings being built down there and that's when the public started the outcry of, 'do we want another building like that?'"
