ASHEVILLE – Developments around Biltmore Village were at the center of a lengthy Feb. 7 Planning and Zoning Commission meeting that resulted in approvals for a new 208-unit multifamily apartment complex and a 99-room hotel, the latter falling within the historic overlay.
A 2.63-acre property at 21 London Road, cattycorner to Burial Beer Co. Forestry Camp Taproom and just off Sweeten Creek Road, is currently an empty lot, formerly home to a one-story garage building that was recently demolished. It is the proposed site of more than 200 new apartments.
The developer and new owner, Raleigh-based development and management firm Zapolski Real Estate LLC, proposed a six-story building for the parcel — four stories of residential over two levels of parking.
The demolished metal-sided garage was asbestos-ridden, the lot littered with abandoned cars, said attorney Derek Allen, representing the applicant. It required environmental remediation to recover.
The project is quintessential “infill development,” he said.