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Board unanimously approves annexation for three-story medical office in Wake Forest
Summary
The Wake Forest Board approved a contiguous annexation for Wake Avenue 98 LLC, allowing a planned three-story, roughly 30,000-square-foot medical office with first-floor retail to be situated in town limits; the project did not require rezoning.
The Wake Forest Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to approve a contiguous annexation petition from Wake Avenue 98 LLC for property identified as 0 Wake Avenue.
Planner Ari Schwartz told the board: "So the plan is, medical office, 3 story, I believe, 30,000 square feet Okay. With retail on the First Floor." Schwartz said the master plan for the site is approved and that the project did not require rezoning and therefore did not come before the board as a zoning case.
Board members clarified that annexation petitions do not require applicants to state a reason but noted that properties commonly seek annexation to access town services. Staff said the annexation was a stand-alone petition and that any future development activity will follow the town’s normal permitting and approval processes.
A motion to approve the annexation was made and seconded; the motion carried unanimously. Because the master plan is approved as of right, the project can proceed through the town’s permitting and site-review process. Any specific site improvements, permits, or public infrastructure requests would return to staff or the board as required by town regulations.
Earlier in the meeting the board opened and closed a public hearing on a contiguous annexation by the same petitioner (identified in the public notice as approximately 2.5 acres at 0 Wake Avenue) with no speakers; the hearing record was closed before the board considered final approval.
