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Zoning Committee backs apartment project near SouthPark

By Scott Baughman
Published: July 30,2012

By a unanimous vote, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission’s Zoning Committee last week recommended approval of Woodfield’s rezoning request next door to Barclay Downs Swim and Racquet Club. Woodfield is seeking to build an apartment complex at the site; members of the Barclay Downs Swim and Racquet Club oppose the project.


Land use trumps demographics (access required)

By Scott Baughman
Published: July 30,2012

A thirty-four-acre property on Carmel Road will become residential multifamily if the City Council follows the committee’s recommendation. That change would allow the developer, Faison-Hollow, to tear down the midpriced apartment complex and build 390 upscale units.


Low replacing Rosenburgh on planning commission (access required)

By Scott Baughman
Published: June 28,2012

Architect Tom Low, director of “new urbanist” firm Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co.’s Charlotte office, is the newest member of the city’s planning commission. Mayor Anthony Foxx's administration never issued a press release about the appointment, but a city spokesman said that's not unusual.