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Subject: Variances granted for retail development | TuscaloosaNews.com

 Gary Limmroth, Robert Parsons and Joan Barth expressed their satisfaction over the way The Shoppes had been developed with consolation and input from nearby neighbors.

Although I've yet to see it reported in the News ( there will doubtlessly be an article about the new Hilton Home 2 Suites later ), the ZBA also approved a petition for a variance for the 2600 University Boulevard block so that an extended stay motel which was prohibited in the Downtown Riverfront Overlay District. I commented that this was just "adding insult to injury" after Sealy had been allowed to build its massive residential development next to Capitol Park. Joan Barth, Kelly Fitts, Tim Higgins and others also opposed the petition being granted. John McConnell said that the "one good thing that has come out of all of this is that the City is going to work on implementing the Greater Downtown Plan." He later said that at the Projects Committee meeting that the GDP would be on its agenda.

By Jason Morton
Staff Writer

Published: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 

TUSCALOOSA | The Tuscaloosa Zoning Board of Adjustment on Monday unanimously approved nine variances for a retail development planned for the former Cedar Crest neighborhood.

Keith Owens of Alumni Development & Construction Inc., the Clanton-based company behind the “Shoppes of Legacy Park,” requested the variances during a formal presentation of the project’s plans.

The variances range from parking space requirements to loading area regulations.

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