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Applicant withdraws rezoning request for former senior-living site; owner cites market and construction costs
Summary
Partners Development Group asked to withdraw RZ-24-0004 (a proposed interior conversion to senior apartments), saying rising construction costs and labor shortages made the project infeasible; the commission approved withdrawal and staff said a 12‑month resubmittal restriction applies under ordinance.
The planning commission approved a formal withdrawal of land-use petition RZ-24-0004 (with concurrent variance BC-24-003) after the applicant said the project is not financially viable.
Ruchi Agarwal, presenting for staff, said the applicant submitted a detailed withdrawal letter citing financial concerns and the evolving capital markets. Dan Marinko, with Partners Development Group and representing the ownership group, told commissioners the building is being vacated and that an interior conversion to age-restricted senior apartments became financially infeasible as the group dug into construction costs. “We have to request withdrawal because any future use won't match the zoning that we were shooting for, which was apartment-limited in nature,” Marinko said.
Marinko asked whether the ordinance’s 12-month resubmittal restriction could be shortened given the market-based reason for withdrawal; staff and legal counsel explained the ordinance is written to prevent repetitive rezonings on the same site and that the 12-month waiting period is the standard process. The commission moved, seconded and voted to accept the withdrawal; the presiding officer stated the motion passes.
