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Board approves four‑story mixed‑use project with 55 parking spaces after neighborhood concerns
Summary
The Board of Adjustment approved a variance for a four‑story mixed‑use building at 408 Adams Street that will offer commercial space below and residential units targeted to teachers, firefighters and police; neighbors raised concerns about parking, loss of school‑adjacent open space and truck noise, but the applicant and staff said the school board participated in the land swap and the football field will be relocated.
The Mobile City Board of Adjustment approved a variance for a proposed four‑story mixed‑use building at 408 Adams Street during its December meeting.
Micah (Figures Construction & Development) said the project includes commercial space at street level and residential units above targeted at teachers, firefighters and police. He told the board the design has been reviewed by the architectural review board and the project incorporates 55 parking spaces; the developer said some of that parking would be available as overflow for nearby neighborhood events.
Neighbors voiced concern that the project footprint reduced open space historically used by Callaway Smith Middle School, questioned traffic and truck maneuvers on adjacent streets, and worried current street geometry could be strained by increased traffic. One speaker asked whether the school had been notified; staff and the developer said the school board was involved in the prior land swap that created the project parcel and that the school’s football field would be moved within the larger property arrangement.
The developer said the residential portion will include about 40 units, and that the project was intended to provide affordable housing targeted to essential workers rather than housing reliant on Section 8 vouchers. A motion to approve the application with findings of fact passed by voice vote.
The board did not attach additional conditions beyond the findings stated at the meeting; staff said permits and ARB approvals were in process.
