This 305-unit apartment complex would be near inland port, Lanier Tech

Extra residences may very well be coming to northeast Corridor County.

A developer is proposing a 305-unit complicated at 2581 Ramsey Circle, off White Sulphur Highway and close to Ga. 365. The event could be on 35 acres subsequent to Large Creek Meals.

The event could be made up of eight 3- and 4-story buildings with models various from one to a few bedrooms. Sq. footage ranges from 765 sq. ft for one-bedroom models to 1,400 sq. ft for three-bedroom models, in response to Corridor County planning paperwork.

The complicated would have facilities corresponding to a swimming pool, clubhouse and a health heart.

Potential hire quantities aren’t talked about in paperwork, however the applicant, Atlanta-based CMWB Firm LLC says “the goal resident is native workforce housing to assist the rising industrial wants within the county.”

In a doc filed with the county, CMWB notes the complicated could be close to Lanier Technical School and the deliberate Northeast Georgia Inland Port, each off Ga. 365. Tim Evans, vice chairman for financial improvement with the Higher Corridor County Chamber of Commerce, has mentioned the port may very well be “absolutely operational” by late-2024 or early-2025.

CMWB says the complicated ought to attraction to younger {couples} “residing near new business facilities however extra economical and quieter residing quarters than different comparable communities inside business developments.”

The doc doesn’t give examples of different communities or business developments. The quickly growing business space across the New Holland group off Jesse Jewell and Limestone parkways is about two miles south of the CMWB proposal.

A 370-unit house complicated can be proposed off Lanier Tech Drive throughout from Lanier Tech. And a 320-unit complicated is proposed within the Rabbittown group farther south off Interstate 985 and Previous Cornelia Freeway.

And as with these complexes, Corridor County planning workers is recommending denial of the 305-unit complicated, citing density considerations.

“The requested zoning designation is inconsistent with the long run land use map designation, because the proposed density of 8.94 models per acre exceeds the beneficial rural density of 1.5 models per acre,” the planning workers report says.

CMWB is looking for to rezone from agricultural-residential to deliberate residential improvement.

The official suggestion for approval or denial will come from the Corridor County Planning Fee. The Corridor County Board of Commissioners may have remaining say on the event after a public listening to set for Dec. 8.