Two new lease agreements will authorize the developers of the construction-in-progress Dolly Parton's SongTeller Hotel and Dolly’s Life of Many Colors Museum to renovate Commerce Center Park and build a Metro fire station in the adjacent parking garage.

Metro Council Thursday night approved the agreements , which allows PNH Properties LLC to lease the downtown park — located at 211 Commerce St . — for up to 30 years, complete about $2.5 million in renovations to the property and build a gift shop. Renovation efforts will include more seating, planters, a ramp and the addition of color and other aesthetic improvements to the space.

In exchange for the lease of the park, PNH properties will construct a 2,155-square-foot Metro fire station in the hotel’s parking garage — all at no c

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