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Developer moving ahead on proposed apartments
Residents of area have mixed reactions to plan
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An artist’s rendering shows the proposed Lofts at Midtown apartment complex. Developers plan to construct 90 units in the L-shape building.
The Gainesville Planning and Appeals Board voted 3-2 Tuesday to recommend approving development of a 94,000-square-foot, 90-unit apartment complex on a 2.2-acre site off Queen City Parkway at Banks Street, across from the city’s Public Safety Complex. Nonprofit Atlanta-based developer Mercy Housing Southeast is under contract to purchase the land, which consists of 11 parcels, including housing rental units, accessory buildings and a metal warehouse used as a church. Mercy Housing is seeking to rezone the land to construct the affordable apartment community, and the Gainesville City Council will vote on the matter later this month.