Roanoke officials will consider a proposal that could bring nearly 200 new townhouses to the landlocked city.
Roanoke has been looking for ways to expand its housing options, with council members even voting to open up the city’s zoning ordinance to give developers more options. Now, a firm known for its apartments is pitching a plan to build roughly 195 townhouse units on a 28-acre chunk of land. Paige Lester Pruett is a second-generation co-owner of CSW Associates. She says the firm has held the land since the 1970s, and initially planned to build apartments there. But that plan changed.
“We felt like the apartment market was satisfied, largely, and we felt like what was missing was that entry-level ownership market,” Pruett says…