ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — A proposed Costco store in West Asheville cleared its first procedural hurdle Monday as city staff conducted an initial review of the project during a Technical Review Committee meeting.
The plan calls for a 160,000-square-foot warehouse with a 32-pump fuel station and tire center on Enka Heritage Parkway, on property off Smokey Park Highway. The site sits near recreational facilities, residential neighborhoods and the Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College Enka campus.
City planner Clay Mitchell walked committee members and the project team through the early-stage review, emphasizing the proposal requires a new conditional zoning request because the development differs significantly from previously approved plans for the site…