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Board approves conversion of former motel on Thurlane Road into up to 105 apartments

Roanoke County Board of Supervisors · October 29, 2025
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Summary

Supervisors approved a special-use permit to convert the vacant 120-room motel at 6520 Thurlane Road into a 105-unit multifamily development with conditions including renovation per concept plans, exterior elevations and a maximum unit cap.

The Roanoke County Board of Supervisors voted Oct. 28 to approve a special-use permit that will allow Hotel Shift Capital LLC to convert former motel buildings at 6510/6520 Thurlane Road into up to 105 multifamily dwellings.

Philip Thompson, director of planning, said the site — a little under 3.5 acres that formerly operated as a 120-room motel — would be renovated to increase parking (from roughly 90 to about 159 spaces), add landscaping, LED lighting and surveillance cameras, and reuse existing access points. Planning staff and the Planning Commission…

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