1200 MLK Project Highlights Need for Affordable Housing in Chapel Hill
The approval of a rezoning application on Martin Luther King Boulevard highlights a growing need for affordable housing in Chapel Hill and raises concerns about the ability of property owners to displace low-income residents.
Chapel Hill’s 1200 MLK project paves the way for a new gas station, convenience store and a 100,000 square foot self-storage facility while protecting an existing mobile home park.
Chapel Hill Mayor Pam Hemminger said if the rezoning application was denied, the developer, Stackhouse Properties, told the council they would have closed the Tar Heel Mobile Home Park – effectively displacing 73 families.
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The Chapel Hill Town Council voted to approve a conditional rezoning application for the property at 1200 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, paving the way for construction of a self-storage unit while protecting an existing mobile home park.
The motion to approve the rezoning passed 5-3, with council members Jessica Anderson, Hongbin Gu and Amy Ryan dissenting. The decision means Stackhouse Properties, which owns the 13.9-acre site, can now move forward to construct a new gas station, convenience store and a 100,000 square foot self-storage facility. In previous negotiations, the property owner indicated it planned to close the Tar Heel Mobile Home Park on the site to instead construction apartment buildings, which would qualify under the current residential zoning.
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The 1200 and 1204 MLK land parcels, as well as the properties notified of the rezoning application.
The Tar Heel Mobile Home Park is easy to miss, whether youâre driving down Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard for the first time or the thousandth. Seventy-three homes are tucked behind the now-defunct Marathon gas station, obscured by dense foliage.Â
In 2018, the mobile home park and gas station were sold to Stackhouse Properties. The original owners supposedly sold it under the condition that the 73 residences would keep their spaces. To do this and make money, the group submitted rezoning requests to include a self-storage facility on the property, and open a new gas station in the old Marathon space.Â
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The Chapel Hill Town Council will consider a redevelopment project along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at its meeting on Wednesday.
The proposed 1200 MLK project is the redevelopment of the existing Tar Heel Mobile Home Park and the non-operational Marathon Service Station, on the east side of Martin Luther King Boulevard, across from the Northfield Drive intersection. The project is proposing to redevelop the existing gas station site with a new, larger 5,700 square foot facility along with a 100,000 square foot self-storage building.
The site consists of two parcels, totaling 13.9 acres, with the old Marathon Service Station at the front of the site and approximately 73 existing mobile home units at the rear.
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