Two proposed apartment complexes in south College Station were addressed at the city council’s last meeting.
At the southeast corner of Victoria and Fitch, a developer who already had approval to build 120 apartments wants to drop plans for office space to build another 120 units.
That brought out 30 opponents of the neighboring Castle Rock subdivision to appear before the council.
Four speakers included Joshua Benn, a former member of the city’s board of zoning appeals, and Tom Kiske.
The council could not respond due to state law.
The developers request, which has been endorsed by the planning and zoning commission, is scheduled to be taken up by the council February 11.
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Meantime, the other proposal is not going to happen.
After the council gave preliminary approval to support a 148 unit complex for seniors that would be built south of College Station High School, the developer contacted city officials over the weekend announcing he was withdrawing his plans.
Community Services Director Debbie Eller says $1.3 million dollars in federal tax credits are expected to go to either Hewitt or Belton.
Before the developer changed his mind, Eller appeared on WTAW’s The Infomaniacs to talk about the proposal and the general effort to increase the number of housing units for low income residents. Eller said overall, as of the end of last year, the city had only 100 vacant apartment units out of 13,000 available.
The proposal that was dropped, if it had received the federal money, would have built 148 apartments for seniors off Victora between College Station High School and Victoria. 105 of the units would have been reserved for low income seniors, offering rent as low as $350 dollars a month.
Click below for comments from Debbie Eller, visiting with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia: