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.
Developer moving ahead on proposed apartments
Residents of area have mixed reactions to plan