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Planning commission approves Liberty University plan to convert 1410 University Boulevard hotel into student housing
Summary
The commission voted unanimously to amend the future land use map and rezone a 2.75‑acre property at 1410 University Boulevard so an existing 102‑room hotel can be converted into dormitory housing with an anticipated capacity of about 204 beds; commissioners questioned tax revenue, parking and pedestrian safety during the hearing.
The Lynchburg Planning Commission voted unanimously on May 13 to approve Liberty University’s petition to amend the future land use map from community commercial to institution and to rezone 1410 University Boulevard from B3C conditional to IN2 Institutional District, allowing an existing hotel to be repurposed for dormitory housing.
Planning staff told the commission the subject property, annexed in 1958 and conditioned in 1997 under the B3C district, contains a three‑story hotel built in 2002 on about 2.75 acres with 102 guest rooms. Planning staff recommended approval, saying the proposed institutional designation aligns with the requested rezoning and that the reuse should have limited impact on surrounding uses. "The existing 102 rooms would be used for an anticipated maximum capacity of 204 beds," planning staff said during the presentation.
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