Tonight the Peachtree City Council unanimously approved rezoning a 21-acre industrial tract for a shopping center directly across Ga. Highway 74 south from the Wilshire Pavilion shopping center.

The tract will be developed by Columbia Properties, the same developer responsible for Wilshire Pavilion.

The 21 acres is part of a larger parcel, the remainder of which has been proposed as a senior living area including apartments and specialized care residences. That too will require a rezoning from industrial use to a residential use, and it is expected to be discussed at Monday night’s meeting of the city’s planning commission.

The Wilshire Estates subdivision’s homeowner’s association reached an agreement with Columbia about what uses will and will not be allowed on the parcel.

The most recent change allows for a restaurant to have a drive-through window as long as it is attached to a building with two other units, said City Planner David Rast. A developer representative said that concession was made to prevent typical fast food restaurants from locating at the shopping center.

The conditions also allow one business to locate there “whose primary business is the sale of alcohol,” although that does not include restaurants. The proposed ordinance limits that store to no more than 3,000 square feet in size.
Among the uses that will not be allowed on the Columbia Properties site are hotels, auto repair centers, adult-oriented stores, tattoo parlors and “establishments whose primary business is the sale of gasoline or diesel.”

The senior development, proposed by Dominion Partners, would have up to 350 senior apartments on 26 acres behind the proposed shopping center, along with 160-180 independent living homes, 48 assisted living units and 24 “memory care” apartment homes. The project is being called “Somerby of Peachtree City.”