Evergreen decides to discontinue apartment complex proposal

In an email from Evergreen Investment Company received Friday, Nov. 10, Land Use Attorney Heather Dlhopolsky said, “the owner of Evergreen has decided to terminate the project, so we will not be moving forward.”

This news came about 6 weeks after Evergreen’s pre-submission meeting which saw approximately 120 residents in attendance. Nearly all participants were against the concept of a 7-story apartment complex being built on the parcel of land between the Lidl store and the entrance to the Whetstone community.

During the meeting, residents expressed concerns with: traffic flow; overflow/visitor parking; impacts to schools; traffic impacts at Whetstone Drive and Montgomery Village Avenue; noise (construction and residential); the viability of the project, considering other new housing in the area; compatibility with the surrounding community; pedestrian traffic concerns; and whether the complex would be part of Montgomery Village Foundation.

Dlhopolsky gave no indication as to why Evergreen decided to forego the project.