Fayetteville Planning and Zoning commissioners April 25 voted to recommend approval of two rezoning requests that would add nearly 62,000 square feet of office and retail space along Ga. Highway 54 W. at Brandywine Road Extension and more than 57,000 square feet at Hwy. 54 and Grady Avenue, both on the city’s growing west side.

Commissioners voted to recommend the rezoning request designed to construct two 31,000 square-foot mixed use and medical office buildings on Brandywine Boulevard Extension behind the new Southern Community Bank building on Hwy. 54.

The rezoning request proposed to change the designation of 7.1 acres from C-3 (Commercial) to OI (Office/Institutional). The property is situated behind Southern Community Bank and adjacent to the recently constructed Brandywine Corners Retail Center. If approved by the city council, the proposed project, said Planning and Zoning Director Eldridge Gunn, would see the construction of two office buildings, each totaling approximately 31,000 square feet.

Gunn said the proposed buildings would be the second phase of office development at the site. Proposed plans also call for a shared drive with the existing office buildings fronting Hwy. 54. Additionally, a retention pond serving both buildings will be located at the rear of the site.

Gunn said the city’s future land use map calls for office development at the site.

In another matter, a rezoning request for The Shops @ Highway 54 West located at the southeast corner of Grady Avenue and Hwy. 54 was approved for recommendation to the city council.

Currently zoned R-30, commissioners agreed with a C-1 (Downtown Commercial) zoning for the five acre site for the development of a mixed use and retail campus.

The proposal calls for six buildings totaling 57,16 square feet, including two retail buildings at 14,000 square feet and 11,250 square feet conceived as fronting Hwy. 54. Other proposed buildings include twin office buildings totaling 6,000 square feet each and two double-story buildings on 9,968 square feet.

The request carried three variance requests, only two of which could be addressed by commissioners. Approved by commissioners was the reduction of parking spaces from five spaces per 1,000 square feet to four spaces and a variance reducing the highway corridor buffer setback from 50 feet to 30 feet. Commissioners were unable to consider a variance reducing the required 500 feet between curb cuts. That variance request will be sent to the city council.

Gunn said the use is consistent with the city’s future land use plan.

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