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Developers propose boutique hotel and events campus at Riverview; staff says plan ‘overwhelms’ historic site and requires multiple approvals
Summary
A development team proposed adaptively reusing the 15‑acre Riverview estate as a boutique hotel and event venue with a campus of low‑scale buildings. Staff and several commissioners said the proposal currently conflicts with Franklin Road historic‑district goals and the Envision Franklin plan and urged smaller scale, clearer buffering, and adherence to accessory structure guidance; the applicant will refine the plan before pursuing formal amendments.
Greg Gamble and his development team presented a conceptual plan to adaptively reuse the Riverview Historic Estate — a 15‑acre National Register property on Franklin Road — as a boutique hotel, restaurant, spa and event venue. The team said the main house would be preserved and new, lower‑profile accessory structures would be placed away from Franklin Road, stepped into the hillside, and screened with landscape buffers.
Staff cautioned that the proposal would require an Envision Franklin plan amendment, a preliminary Historic Zoning Commission…
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