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Committee backs CN rezoning concept for large South Broadway student housing project, asks for transit details
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 how the development would enhance transit facilities and activate the South Broadway and Oliver Lewis frontages. Staff recommended postponement until applicants provide more detail on transit coordination and building entrances.
Representatives for the applicant argued the project fits the CN place type and would provide dense, transit-oriented housing. Nick Lev of Landmark Properties described Landmark as a national developer of purpose-built student housing and said the team would self-perform construction; architect Eric Samuelson said the plan proposes 326 units, about 974 beds, a 591-space parking deck and elevated pedestrian skybridges connecting buildings and the parking structure. Samuelson said the design includes ground-floor amenity space with windows and landscaping facing South Broadway.
Commissioners asked detailed questions about right-of-way ownership, whether the applicant owns frontage along Oliver Lewis, the proposed Scott Street extension, the location and clearance of skybridges and the visual treatment of garage facades backing up to the railroad. One commissioner moved a recommendation for approval "pending the information review that was provided to us"; the motion carried with near-unanimous support after discussion.
Next steps: the applicant and staff will finalize transit coordination, parking demand analysis and design responses before the planning commission hearing.
