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Apartment hunters may soon have another option when shopping for an affordable place to rent in Round Rock. The Round Rock City Council passed a resolution of non-objection last week allowing Pedcor , the developer of the Shadow Ridge Apartments , to move forward with efforts to receive state tax incentives to help develop the complex. Shadow Ridge Apartments " width="460" height="418" />Applicants must make 60 percent of the area’s median income, which is approximately $78,000, according to city of Round Rock Planning Director Brad Wiseman , in order to qualify for one of the 256 units planned for the development.  It will be located on the northwest corner of A.W. Grimes and Old Settlers Boulevard and will be one of only a handful of income- restricted apartment complexes in the city. “There is a huge need in this entire region and all across Texas,” said Craig Lintner, senior vice president of Pedcor, to the council during the meeting. Wiseman said th...

CHEYENNE ­– A proposed apartment complex that would offer low- and middle- income housing in north Cheyenne won a key stamp of approval Monday night when the City Council voted to rezone land for high-density development. Councilman Dicky Shanor was absent for the 9-0 decision. Developer Summit Housing Group plans to build a three-building, 72-unit complex for low- and middle- income residents east of Converse Avenue between Storey and Dell Range boulevards . Sam Lang, a Summit senior project manager , said his firm is aiming to break ground on the project by early next year pending city approval of building plans . Despite indications that the council would support the move, nearby homeowners who oppose the project again came out to protest the developer’s plans and city processes . Krystal Lewis, who lives on Plainview Road just east of where the apartments would sit, said the complex was stretching the city’s zoning rules and development code. The complex didn’t call for e...

Victoria’s least- dense neighbourhood would become a little more crowded under a draft plan. Townhouses and small apartments along Fairfield Road, row houses throughout the community and secondary suites in duplexes and small-lot houses are all part of the mix in the draft Gonzales neighbourhood plan . Coun. Chris Coleman, council liaison to the neighbourhood, said the plan also includes recommendations regarding alternative transportation, parks, ecological preservation, small commercial centres and heritage areas. Coleman said the proposals for extra density might be contentious for some, and council will undoubtedly hear from those folks when it holds a public meeting on the proposals this fall. “But I think the expectation in the [ Official Community Plan ] is that we would see increased density in all neighbourhoods,” he said. City staff note that with about five per cent of the city’s population — 4,175 resident...