Jackson DRC reviewed final design for 32-unit Virginian Lodge Apartments

Jackson’s Design Review Committee (DRC) reviewed the final design for the Virginian Lodge Apartments, a proposed 32-unit, four-building apartment project at 750 W. Broadway, during its April 8 meeting. The project (zoned CR-3) proposes four two-story buildings (just under 22 feet tall) arranged in a west-facing U-shape, with eight units per building (six ~340-sf one-bedrooms and two ~850-sf two-bedrooms) for roughly 15,000 square feet of new floor area on the 7.79-acre Virginian Lodge site. See the staff report and application materials in the Design Review Committee Agenda Packet.

The April 8 submittal reflects revisions prompted by the DRC’s Jan. 14 continuation and March 11 conceptual feedback, including reorienting the two western buildings to create a defined courtyard/green space, moving second-level stair access into the courtyard, and refining landscaping buffers between parking and residential entries. Staff said the design generally complies with the CR-3 zone, while noting the separate Development Plan review was still underway when the packet was published. Background on the revisions is also summarized in the March conceptual packet: Design Review Committee Meeting Agenda Packet.