A proposal to build apartments on a mostly-empty Sunbury Road site was approved by the Columbus Development Commission last week. The plan, from Nashville-based Elmington Capital, calls for a total of 196 apartments spread over three buildings. The ten-acre site is located at 2618 Bethesda Ave., but access to the development will be from Sunbury.
According to David Hodge, attorney for the applicant, all of the units in the development will be affordable for tenants making 60 percent of the area median income (or around $50,000 for a two-person household in Columbus).
The positive vote from the commission means that the proposal will now move on to City Council for final approval…