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Staff recommends Urban Atlantic as master developer for Ferry Road; requests negotiations and MOU authorization on June 17

3670851 · June 5, 2025
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Summary

County staff on June 3 recommended Urban Atlantic as the master development partner for the Ferry Road property, and asked the Board of Commissioners to authorize the county manager to begin negotiations leading to a memorandum of understanding.

Buncombe County staff recommended Urban Atlantic as the county’s preferred master development partner for the Ferry Road property during a June 3 presentation to the Board of Commissioners.

Staff summarized the site history: the county acquired the property in 2020, public engagement identified priorities of conservation, affordable housing and recreation, and county staff and the Development Finance Initiative (DFI) at UNC Chapel Hill prepared a solicitation and evaluation after a prior delay caused by Tropical Storm Helene.

Two proposals were received and reviewed by county staff, DFI and Equinox (which completed the land-use work). Staff said Urban Atlantic’s…

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