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Two Santa Ynez Valley projects and another in Gaviota affecting a wide area of the county are slated for public hearings Thursday before the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission . The meeting is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. in Room 17 of the Engineering Building, 123 E. Anapamu St., Santa Barbara. Commissioners are scheduled to hear a request to revise the development plan for the Golden Inn and Village in Santa Ynez, which is strongly opposed by neighbors, and a request to subdivide an existing 860- acre parcel north of Buellton into four parcels. The commission will also hear a request from the county to amend the overlay designation for the Tajiguas Landfill in Gaviota, determine the revised Tajiguas Resource and Recovery Project conforms to the comprehensive plan and adopt an addendum, revision letter and errata to the environmental impact report . The Golden Inn and Village hearing involves three applications filed in May and August to approve changes to the parking ...

A controversial North Baltimore apartment project cleared its final hurdle when Mayor Catherine Pugh ratified its designation as a planned unit development . Developer Blue Ocean can start work on the roughly $40 million Overlook at Roland Park. The Baltimore- based developer plans a six-story, 148- unit luxury apartment building on the wooded 12-acre parcel near the intersection of Falls Road and Northern Parkway in North Roland Park . The project faced significant opposition from some residents in North Roland Park concerned about increased traffic, despite receiving the support of two neighborhood associations. Blue Ocean has agreed to preserve more than half the site for forest conservation or green space. The project includes a parking garage, swimming pool, fitness center, media room and an indoor sports court . Blue Ocean President Jonathan Ehrenfeld said the project will be the area’s first new apartment community in several decades. A timeline for the start of constr...

Property transfers CHARLOTTESVILLE JUNE 23 » Fornecker, John P. and Fornecker, Mary G. to Welch, Caitlin Elizabeth and Wiemer, Gavin Scott, lot one block 36 at intersection of Montrose Avenue and Meridian Street in Belmont, recorded at consideration $236,000, tax value $149,400. » Smith, Beverly H. to Gustafson, Adam R.F., 1006 Park Street , recorded at consideration $325,500, tax value $276,900. » Zee, Rebecca S. and Walls, Michael to Spector, Matthew I., 159 Brookwood Drive, recorded at tax value $267,200, consideration $259,000. » Kelley, Eric Daniel and Kelley, Lora Elaine to Marks, Emerson R., Jr. and Marks, Laura E., lot K on Harris Road in Evangeline subdivision , recorded at consideration $475,000, tax value $392,500. » Barzun, Charles L. to Welch, Conor T. and Coccomo, Danielle, lot 4 on 8th Street NE, recorded at consideration $385,000, tax value $293,200. » Scott, Robert Adam and McGanney, Juliana K. to Lazaro, Anthony P. and Lazaro, Emily E.H., lot B on Che...

Vail Resorts has proposed turning a large vacant parcel it owns in East Vail into open space and employee housing. East Vail Interstate 70 interchance and use the parcels for open space and employee housing." width="620" src="src" />Vail Resorts is proposing to split this piece of company- owned property ner the East Vail Interstate 70 interchance and use the parcels for open space and employee housing. The company owns a 23.3-acre piece of land north of the East Vail Interstate 70 interchange . That land is current zoned for two-family primary and secondary zoning — duplex units. The company wants to change that. In documents to be submitted Monday to the Vail Community Development Department , Vail Resorts is asking to subdivide and rezone the property. If approved, then about 17 acres would be converted to the town’s natural preservation zoning . The remaining land — about 6 acres — would be covered under the town’s housing zone. Vail Community Develo...

From left to right: An ERA Insite Realty office , Greystar’s 1 Kennedy Flats in Danbury. Bronxville’s Carlson Real Estate merges with ERA Insite Realty of White Plains Two family- owned Westchester real estate firms merged this week, the Westchester Business Journal reported . Bronxville’s Carson Real Estate , founded in 1972 by Marie Carlson and now run by her son Craig, will join ERA Insite Realty , a franchise of ERA that has operated as a family business in White Plains for 32 years. Previous to this, the Carlson brokerage was a franchise of Coldwell Banker. Craig Carlson will become an associate broker at ERA and will bring 20 brokers with him. Louis Budetti, principal broker of ERA Insite, said the merger worked because both firms “are both family- owned businesses and share common philosophies .” [WBJ] One Danbury apartment complex sells for $31M as a nearby Greystar-owned complex goes on sale The 135- unit Willow Grove apartment complex in Danbury sold for $31 million l...