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Planning commission recommends Tech Terrace PRD rezoning for 7‑story student housing; commissioners voice infrastructure, scale concerns
Summary
Commissioners recommended rezoning three parcels for redevelopment into a single seven‑story building (Tech Terrace PRD) with up to 723 bedrooms and structured parking, while several commissioners raised concerns about scale, sidewalk and stormwater infrastructure, public open space and parking ratios.
The Blacksburg Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of RZN 25-9 (Ordinance 2090), a Planned Residential Development (PRD) rezoning that would redevelop the Tech Terrace site (305 & 309 Webb Street and 800 Orchard Street) into a single seven-story apartment building with up to 723 bedrooms and structured parking.
Staff said the three parcels total about 2.5 acres and that the applicant proposes a 93-foot building (seven stories) with 448 parking spaces (0.62 spaces per bedroom) and 296 bicycle parking spaces. The project proffers included substantial-conformance commitments, occupancy limitations matching other purpose-built student housing,…
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