Wellington Developer requests to withdraw application for 300 apts in Daleville

Wellington Apartment Developer Requests Withdrawal

Date: March 24, 2023 (Botetourt County, VA) – Botetourt County has received notice that the developer of a planned 300-unit apartment complex in Daleville has asked to withdraw its application scheduled to be heard by the Board of Supervisors during the 6:00 pm public hearing on Tuesday, March 28, 2023.

TPB Enterprises LLC (Thomas Builders of Virginia) submitted an application to the County for two special exception permits to construct the project, which was given a favorable recommendation by the County’s planning commission by a 3-2 vote in February 2023. Consideration of the project was then tabled by the Board of Supervisors on February 28th at the request of Thomas Builders to allow the company time to consider improvements to the project. The company’s current request is to withdraw further consideration of the project by the County entirely. Typically, such requests are granted upon a vote by the Board of Supervisors. If the motion to remove this request is approved by the Board of Supervisors at the 2 pm session, there will be no public hearing regarding this project at the 6:00 pm session.

“Given the company’s request to not move forward at this time, I would expect the withdrawal to be approved during the 2:00 pm Board of Supervisors meeting on March 28, 2023, and removed from the 6:00 pm Board of Supervisors agenda,” said Board of Supervisors Chair, Dr. Mac Scothorn. “Just like other projects, this has been a consistent application of land use process in Botetourt County.” The Board’s meeting starts at 2:00 pm at the Greenfield Administrative Center. 

This most recent proposal from Thomas Builders would have been the fourth project undertaken by the company in the County. The company is currently constructing a car wash and a building for retail lease in the Orchard Marketplace shopping center in Daleville and has started demolition work to construct a 240-unit luxury apartment community on the former Howard Johnson’s motel site near Exit 150 off Interstate 81. 

Daniel Cyrus of Thomas Builders said, “The Wellington project withdrawal will allow us to place focus on our other projects in Botetourt.  We are already in the process of investing more than $50 million in Botetourt and are looking at additional investments in the future as we build projects and relationships in this wonderful community.”

“I think the withdrawal by the company is prudent,” said Amsterdam Supervisor Steve Clinton who represents the Daleville area. “The company has several projects underway in Daleville and this withdrawal, frankly, gives time to absorb those projects.”

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–submitted by Tiffany Bradbury BoCo Communiications Director