A new apartment complex could fill the entire block of Elmwood Avenue between Marion and Bull streets — if the city’s planning department approves the nearly 300-unit project slated for the site.
The proposed eight-story apartment building is larger than when it was first pitched in 2023, after New York-based Astral Development purchased the property. The developer bought six parcels near the intersection for $2.125 million that February, according to news reports. At the time, the developers said they wanted to build at least 200 apartments and 30,000 square feet of retail space, and entice a grocery store and a national gym chain to the site.
The new plans, submitted to the city’s Planning Commission ahead of a meeting Thursday, call for a larger apartment complex. This one with 288 units, and slightly less retail space at 25,000 square feet. The plans also call for a pool, dog park and parking garage, among other amenities for residents. It is unclear if the developers are still eyeing a grocery store for the retail space.
The plans could affect longtime Columbia establishment No Name Deli, which is located at the corner of Elmwood Avenue and Marion Street. The previous rendering of the apartment complex left the No Name Deli building untouched, but the new plans would replace the building at 2042 Marion St., which was built in 1960…