A rendering of the proposed building. (City documents)
The city’s Sauer’s Gardens area is set to get some new residential infill development.
A four-story apartment building is in the works for 3925 Cutshaw Ave., according to city planning documents.
Local real estate agents and investors Joseph Lawson and Cabell Childress are behind the project, which would rise on a grassy area adjacent to a two-story apartment building at 3917 Cutshaw Ave. that Lawson and Childress bought in 2023 for $3.1 million.
The developers, who declined to comment at this time, submitted plans for the new building in early May. It can be built by-right, because the approximately 0.75-acre parcel is zoned TOD-1, a designation that allows for mixed-use buildings up to 12 stories.
The development site is currently a grassy area. (Mike Platania photo)
Plans show that the new apartment building would have 31 apartments, 24 of which would be one-bedroom units. The remaining seven units would have two bedrooms.
The 30,000-square-foot building would be built close to, but not up against, the existing 20-unit apartment building at 3917 Cutshaw, creating a walkway between the two.
ADO is listed as the project architect, and Kine Vue Consulting is the engineer.
Lawson and Childress were also part of the development team that converted a former Forest Hill-area nursing home into 19 apartments. The planned Cutshaw apartment building looks to be one of their first ground-up construction projects.
A rendering of the proposed building. (City documents)
The city’s Sauer’s Gardens area is set to get some new residential infill development.
A four-story apartment building is in the works for 3925 Cutshaw Ave., according to city planning documents.
Local real estate agents and investors Joseph Lawson and Cabell Childress are behind the project, which would rise on a grassy area adjacent to a two-story apartment building at 3917 Cutshaw Ave. that Lawson and Childress bought in 2023 for $3.1 million.
The developers, who declined to comment at this time, submitted plans for the new building in early May. It can be built by-right, because the approximately 0.75-acre parcel is zoned TOD-1, a designation that allows for mixed-use buildings up to 12 stories.
The development site is currently a grassy area. (Mike Platania photo)
Plans show that the new apartment building would have 31 apartments, 24 of which would be one-bedroom units. The remaining seven units would have two bedrooms.
The 30,000-square-foot building would be built close to, but not up against, the existing 20-unit apartment building at 3917 Cutshaw, creating a walkway between the two.
ADO is listed as the project architect, and Kine Vue Consulting is the engineer.
Lawson and Childress were also part of the development team that converted a former Forest Hill-area nursing home into 19 apartments. The planned Cutshaw apartment building looks to be one of their first ground-up construction projects.
There will be a lot of in-fill development in the next few years between the expressway and Malvern Avenue. The pressure for more housing opportunity is pushing westward from the City and the streets closest to Broad Street will feel that pinch. Hopefully, much of it will be in the form of for-sale housing, but look for a lot of new apartment construction along West Broad Street in the next 12 months.The area is ripe.
Some of the early-boom 3-5 story stick-framed apartment buildings will be reaching the end of their useful life soon; they’ll start tearing them down and replacing them with 12 to 15-story ones. In 10 years, we’ll have a completely different skyline.
This is a great infill project! Ultimately adding density will improve the city by adding to the tax base and providing more residents to support area businesses.
Amazing how all the infill in the last 20 years, almost 25k more residents, assements doubling (and tax rate on property being the same), and a budget that has ballooned to over $1B the city can’t seem to cover the basics or get caught up on lacking maintenance (but we can pay for a baseball stadium with our tax revenue). Not anti-growth but wow all this infill as not led to much improvement in city government or a substantial increase in retail (outside of restaurants).
The City built a new jail, roads are substantially better, and there are a few new schools. Keep in mind we had nearly full tax abatement for many renovated properties for a solid 10 years per project, as well. I agree the city can and should do more, but to act like nothing has improved in 10-20 years is not accurate.
yikes
what a travesty