Wilmont Terrace Apartments proposed for Roanoke

in north carolina south creek development proposed a 124-unit apartment complex called Wilmont Terrace at the northeast corner of Shenandoah Avenue Northwest and Old Stephens Road. The three-story building facing Shenandoah will surround a playground and parking lot, according to a presentation scheduled to be considered by the Roanoke Planning Commission on May 13.

Proponents hope to begin construction in March 2025 and complete by June 2026, South Creek representative Andy Schreiber said in an email, although the dates are subject to change. He said there is.

The site is a half-mile east of a proposed 86-unit housing project that Roanoke Redevelopment and Housing Authority officials are calling an “affordable” housing center. It is planned for Shenandoah and Peters Creek roads.

Developers Brent Cochran and Chris Vail are also proposing a below-market apartment complex on Salem Avenue near a bus stop in downtown Roanoke, while developer Bill Chapman and Chris Bale, Lynx Ventures It proposed building 175 such units at Norfolk Avenue and Southwest 8th Street.

Rockydale Quarries Corporation.He said he bought it in Roanoke. B&S Contract March 29 in Staunton.

Rockydale supplies aggregate, agricultural lime, and topsoil for construction, housing, and agriculture. B&S is a paving contractor.

Rockydale President and CEO Ken Randolph said in a prepared release that the acquisition will accelerate Rockydale's “capability and expansion of its hot mix asphalt and contracting business.” .

A Rockydale spokeswoman said no one would be laid off at B&S, which employs 50 people. Rockydale has 150 employees.

The company declined to provide a purchase price.

The city said police responded to calls for help 305 times and firefighters responded to the hotel 110 times at the hotel, 3695 Sahlane Road NW, between Jan. 1, 2021, and its closure for renovations in October 2023. .

As reported, Kalyan Hospitality Glen Allen Hotels acquired the hotel last year and closed it, preparing to renovate and reopen it under the Spark brand. Company officials said the building was in “quite poor condition” and the company aimed to “change the history and context of this hotel” through a complete renovation.It has been called by various names, but recently Rodeway Inn.

Kalyan said he expects the hotel to reopen around the end of this year.