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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, t...

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 own...

Chapel Hill Is Voting to Rezone the 1200 Block of MLK Boulevard This Week. Residents Are Asking The Town Council to Say Yes. 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 you’re 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.  In 2018, the mobile home park and gas station were sold to Stackhouse Properties. The original owners supposedly so...

Chapel Hill Mobile Home Park Caught at Center of Rezoning Proposals   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-s...

The project would redevelop the nonoperational Marathon Service Station and the Tar Heel Mobile Home Park by building a new gas station, convenience store and a multi-story self-storage building. Council members agreed that the project didn't align with the Town's land use goals and voiced other concerns, but their votes came down&#x...