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The Land Use Control Board also approved a transitional group home in Binghampton for veterans, an attached-townhouse development on Brookhaven Circle, and plans for a used-car lot in Raleigh. The board rejected plans a 35-lot subdivision of container homes in New Chicago.
In what may be a first for Memphis, a company called Next Chapter Neighborhoods plans a 167-acre development featuring build-to-suit, market-rate rental houses. The plan calls for 230 houses, plus open space and a commercial district to be built later.
A 21-acre, senior-living community is proposed for a site that was partially occupied by the Coro Lake Elementary School, which was razed four years ago.
Residents point to safety concerns and crime in proposing that a gate be erected across Saint Nick Drive to prevent cut-through traffic from using their street.
The Land Use Control Board approved two unsurprising changes for a couple of big, suburban planned developments. Out, or diminished, is brick-and-mortar retail from the projects.
Sterling Development of Indiana plans a 260-unit, $25 million apartment complex near the southeast corner of U.S 64 and Reid Hooker Road.
A developer seeks to change a planned development to build a 22,490-square-foot commercial center at the northeast corner of Hacks Cross and Sedgwick Way in Southwind.
A property owner has applied for a planned development called Brookhaven Townhomes at 786 E. Brookhaven Circle in East Memphis. The three-story units, each 2,300 square feet, will be sold instead of leased, and each will have a two-car garage and rooftop deck.
Homeless veterans, those in second chance and sober living programs or people simply wanting to get their lives in order are the target groups for The Purpose Place, the applicant behind the proposal.
A planned, Cooper-Young subdivision of 11 lots on just 1.2 acres won approval from the Land Use Control Board after the developer made substantial changes to make the site connect better with with the neighborhood.
The 5.5-acre, $60 million mixed-use proposal for the north edge of Cooper-Young will next be reviewed by the City Council.
Christian Brothers University seeks approval for a 7.2-acre planned development it labels as its “North Campus.” The area is just southwest of South Hollywood and Avery.
The developers who have been wanting to build office space on undeveloped land in East Memphis have returned to the planning board with a new proposal.
The Greens at Irene Woods would transform undeveloped property across Forest Hill Irene Road from the Mike Rose Soccer Complex.
Amazon is so eager to get the facility built near the southeast corner of I-40 and Appling that the e-commerce giant is – again – not seeking tax breaks or other public incentives that are so common for large-investment, high-employment developments.
Fleming Architects believes it has met the challenge: Design a $60 million development of 348 apartments, parking structures and 53,000 square feet of retail so that it fits in with Cooper-Young’s older, smaller buildings.
A proposal to develop a dozen lots on less than 1.17 acres in Cooper-Young drew seven letters of opposition to the Land Use Control Board. But the planning board’s staff has “collaborated” with the developer and neighborhood association to resolve a number of the issues.
The developers say Central Yards meets the intent of the Midtown Overlay District except for some of the building heights, which they say are necessary to provide enough public parking that already is in demand in Cooper-Young.
Volunteers and a small staff have been serving morning meals for eight years at the Ozanam Center, 1306 Monroe Ave. Now the Catholic lay organization plans to work with Room In The Inn to shelter homeless women and children each night.
A businesswoman who is a veteran of the logistics industry proposes to adapt shipping containers for housing if she can receive approval for a 34-lot planned development in North Memphis.
The Division of Planning & Development recommends rezoning along two sections of Summer to prohibit such car-oriented businesses as gas stations and auto repair shops.
The Amherst Planned Development totals 101 acres at the northwest corner of the intersection of two major roads, Walnut Grove and Houston Levee.
The development would comprise 5.6 acres near the southwest corner of Cooper and Central, provide extra parking for an area that is often short on spaces, and be intentional about fitting in with the old neighborhood, the developers say.
The University of Memphis wants to build new student apartments in part to become less of a commuter school and gain academic prestige. But neighbors say the proposed apartments are too close to their houses and will hurt property values and their quality of life.
A proposal to build a Murphy Express gas station in Raleigh received approval even though it does not follow the city’s long-range concept plan to make key intersections more appealing and pedestrian friendly.