The Sunrise Manor Town Advisory Board voted to vacate a five‑foot portion of Nellis Boulevard and conditionally approved a proposed 120‑unit affordable multifamily development on a 3.83‑acre commercial parcel east of Dallas Boulevard.

Tony Celeste, representing the applicant (Beckett/RCBI Group), described a plan of six buildings — five multifamily structures and a clubhouse — and said the design response to steep site topography required fill of about 3½ to 5 feet in portions of the site and new retaining walls. He said off‑site work along Nellis Boulevard would include converting attached sidewalks to detached sidewalks with landscape strips, which required vacating a five‑foot-wide portion of the right of way to accommodate landscaping and the new sidewalk.

Neighbor Chris King said his home backs to the northeast corner of the site and described an existing wall that is sagging. He asked whether the developer’s work would repair, stabilize or worsen the existing wall, noting concerns about dust, construction debris and vagrancy on the vacant site.

Celeste responded that the developer will build a new retaining wall and cap the gap between the new wall and existing apartment walls, and that the project team will comply with dust‑control permits. He said the new onsite wall would be roughly 6 to 8 feet, and that engineers would assess stabilization of the neighbor’s existing wall so construction does not make its condition worse.

The board first approved the vacate/abandon request for the portion of Nellis Boulevard. The board then approved the use permit, design review and associated waivers for the multifamily project per staff recommendations, with an additional condition directing the applicant to maximize landscaping where feasible and to work with neighbors on wall stabilization. Board members noted the project would convert an infill parcel that has had recurring vagrancy into housing.

Key numeric and design details discussed included: the site size (about 3.83 acres), proposed unit count (120 units), required fill (about 3.5–5 feet in portions), and the developer’s proposed 6‑ to 8‑foot screen wall near the property line.