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Committee backs CN rezoning concept for large South Broadway student housing project, asks for transit details

Lexington and Urban County Government's Planning Commission Zoning Committee
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Summary

The committee recommended approval pending additional information on transit partnerships, parking studies and frontage activation for a proposed high-density, student-oriented development near South Broadway and Oliver Lewis Way. Landmark Properties and its architect described a 326-unit, 974-bed scheme with skybridges and a parking structure.

The Zoning Committee on May 7 reviewed a multi-parcel rezoning request from LCD Acquisitions LLC to establish the Corridor Node (CN) zone and enable a high-density residential development along South Broadway and Oliver Lewis Way.

Planning staff outlined the project's context — multiple parcels formerly used for warehouses, extensive right-of-way along Oliver Lewis Way, and adjacency to existing transit and redevelopment — and said staff was seeking more detail on…

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