- May 13, 2026
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At the start of their presentation to the city’s Development Review Committee on May 6, representatives of land planning consulting firm Kimley-Horn expressed their hope for partial sign-off of the project with the working name of 1899 Fruitville Road.
That’s the multifamily development that would occupy the block of Fruitville Road and Fourth Street between Gillespie and North Osprey avenues, replacing the rainbow row of bungalows occupied by small businesses and restaurants.
Although progress was made since the project’s first submittal on March 18, enough outstanding technical matters remained to require a third submittal of the project to the full committee of city development oversight staff.
Bristol Development Group of Franklin, Tennessee, proposes to build a five-story, 324-unit residential project on the 3.44-acre site that covers 22 parcels separating Fruitville Road from the Gillespie Park neighborhood. Those parcels include one residence and businesses such as The Breakfast House and German restaurant Siegfried’s.
The project will include 36 attainable housing units.
The developer requests administrative site plan approval plus three adjustments. Zoned Downtown Edge with a future land use designation of Urban Edge, no rezoning is requested and, because the site is within a downtown zone district, approval will not include the public process unless a denial of any adjustments results in an appeal to the Planning Board.
Requested adjustments include a reduction of 5% of the parallel facade requirement along Fourth Street to preserve two grand trees; a reduction of the required 20-foot habitable space depth at two locations adjacent to the parking garage access fronting Fruitville Road and Fourth Street for a pedestrian corridor at one location and vehicle access to the parking garage; and relief from the primary street prohibition of structured parking in the second layer on Fruitville Road and Fourth Street.
