Garner council reopens hearing on 257‑unit Yergan Road apartments, continues case to Dec. 16

Blue Heron Asset Management asked the Garner Town Council on Nov. 18 to approve a special‑use permit for 257 apartment units in three four‑story buildings on 10.7 acres along U.S. 70, but council members paused a final decision and continued the quasi‑judicial hearing to Dec. 16.

The applicant’s team told the council the proposed development totals 295,689 square feet and that technical review committee (TRC) conditions — including lot recombination, a mail kiosk before the first certificate of occupancy, frontage lighting, a fee‑in‑lieu for parkland per unit, engineering approvals, and nitrogen offset payments — would be met. Worth Mills, attorney for the applicant, stated that “Blue Heron has met its burden of proof” and asked council to accept evidence from the prior Aug. 19 hearing and new materials into the record; council members agreed to include those…