After an over four-hour meeting complete with testimony and exhibits, Wilmington zoning officials must now decide whether to approve a controversial warehouse proposal in the city’s Southbridge neighborhood.
Attorneys for Diamond Port Property LLC brought architectural and building design experts to the Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting Monday to testify to the appropriateness of building a warehouse and residential housing on the nearly 25-acre riverfront site.
The developers seek zoning variances to allow for wholesale storage facility operations at the property encompassing 1, 25 and 51 S. Heald and 0 Lobdell streets, which is located on land across the river from Christina Park near the East Fourth Street bridge.
They are also asking the zoning board to prevent the city’s Planning Department from “refusing to acknowledge the validity of the zoning certification,” according to a letter from the developer’s attorneys to the ZBA on Jan. 31.
The board did not issue a decision Monday, indicating officials needed more time to review the voluminous documentation submitted by attorneys.