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BZA approves height variance for 705 Saluda to allow parking garage and hotel in 5 Points
Summary
The Board approved a variance Feb. 5 to allow a roughly 105-foot mixed‑use parking garage and hotel at 705 Saluda Avenue in the 5 Points overlay, citing a long‑standing parking deficit; applicants said the garage would offer about 305 spaces, with 150–250 expected to be available for public use depending on time of day.
The City of Columbia Board of Zoning Appeals on Feb. 5 approved variances to the height limits at 705 Saluda Avenue to permit a proposed mixed‑use project containing a structured parking garage and a hotel.
Developer Gunnar Burtz told the board that Lower 5 Points faces a multi‑decade parking deficit and presented a parking study and analysis indicating a deficit concentrated on the 700 block of Saluda Avenue.…
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