Student housing development planned for Blacksburg’s Prices Fork Road
The land to be sold to a developer fronts Prices Fork Road; photo by Matt Gentry | The Roanoke Times
A family that’s kept the land as a working farm plans to sell a portion of it. Read more.
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Approve it, build it, creates jobs, tax revenue, quality housing in a completely logical location on already improved roads and will benefit area businesses at University Mall.
Comment by Reasonable Request — March 18, 2013 @ 5:18 pm
A review of the developer’s website reveals the homes are quite nice; not the typical “apartment building style” and are very, very, very similar in design to The Village at Tom’s Creek, all the more reason to encourage moving forward with this project.
Comment by Love Burgs — March 18, 2013 @ 5:24 pm
The fact that there will soon be a highschool just down the road, in addition to the middle school, the elementary school beside it, as well as the new elementary school further down prices fork? Does that not seem like a lot of potential traffic and congestion issues are likely to happen?
Comment by Anyone Thought About? — March 19, 2013 @ 1:14 pm
Lather, rinse, repeat. Wasn’t this the same project that was proposed for Glade Rd. back in the spring, then withdrawn after the NIMBY crowd got activated?
It would be nice if the entrance to this place (if it makes it through Blacksburg approval gauntlet) has its entrance off Plantation Rd. across from the Comfort Suites. If there is an entrance onto Prices Fork, then we’ll be stuck with yet another ill-timed traffic-slowing red light on Prices Fork Rd.
Comment by Joe Hokie — March 19, 2013 @ 3:38 pm
Traffic on Price’s Fork Rd. with all the schools and St. Mary’s church is almost unbearable now. If it is built I hope it is on the east side of her house.
Comment by Local Guy — March 19, 2013 @ 3:44 pm
Joe Hokie, yes…I believe it’s the same development group, and roughly the same proposed size for the development…something in the range of 800-1000 bedrooms.
Comment by Other John — March 21, 2013 @ 12:55 pm