Monday, June 4, 2012

Planning commission rejects May Town Center zoning - Washington Business Journal:

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The commission voted against changes to the land use plan for the BellaBend area, where the $4.3 billion development has been The commission then votedc down zoning changes that would have allowed for a bridgew to the development, which is being backedf by the May family with Tony Giarratana acting as lead The Metro Nashville City Councilo has final say on zoning changeds and will take up the issue in a publid hearing on July 7. However, with a negative recommendation from theplanning commission, the zoninb measure will need 27 votes from the rather than the 21 usualluy required.
The planning staff had recommended approval of a zoning reques t to allowthe development, but that was contingent on the land use plan The commission then voted down the proposed zoninv changes. If approved, the completes town center will take some 22 yearsto build. Phasw 1 of the project by 2013, bring online 425,000 square feet of officwe space, 100 residential units and 50,000 squarw feet of retail, according to the developer’s plans. By the entire May Town comple x would consist of 8 milliomn square feet ofoffice 8,000 residential units and 600 hotel rooms.

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