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Developers present 239-unit “cottage green” near Ashmore Bridge; planning committee holds rezoning for one month
Summary
Developers described a mixed-housing project — including a 239-unit cottage-green build-to-rent community — for land at Fork Shoals/Ashmore Bridge. Planning staff recommended approval but the BDS committee voted to hold the rezoning and a related annexation for one month so absent members can review details and ask further questions.
The city’s planning and development committee (BDS) on Aug. 4 heard a detailed presentation from HMF Americana on a proposed mixed-housing project at the intersection of Fork Shoals Road and Ashmore Bridge Road and voted to hold the rezoning request for one month.
Developer Frank Warren of HMF Americana described a horizontal “cottage green” product that the team said would include 239 units on about 18.8 acres plus a separate area of traditional 3‑ and 4‑story multifamily buildings and a 1.13‑acre commercial parcel adjacent to the existing Spanx site. Warren said the proposal aims to provide a “missing middle” housing product within a three‑mile job radius and that the developer’s market work shows no…
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