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Asheville Planning Board delays vote on downtown reasonably priced flats

Asheville Planning Board delays vote on downtown reasonably priced flats

ASHEVILLE – A protracted-awaited improvement proposal for the town owned property at 319 Biltmore Ave., simply south of downtown, left members of the Planning and Zoning Fee dissatisfied, saying it appeared a lot too suburban for a central metropolis location, missing pedestrian amenities, industrial house and the spark of the unique imaginative and prescient.

“Boy, once I opened this up I bought dissatisfied,” Chair Joe Archibald stated on the Might 3 assembly.

A joint undertaking between the town and Charlotte-based developer Laurel Road Residential, the undertaking proposes to construct 221 market-rate and reasonably priced flats on Biltmore Avenue.

The request appeared poised for denial till, after a tense 10-minute recess, the event staff requested a continuance till June 7, which the fee unanimously granted.

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