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City land sales boosting housing market
Along with adding some extra jingle to the city coffers, recent sales of surplus municipal land are helping to provide more housing in a tight market locally. “When we sold these properties, the intent was to build houses on them,” City Manager Darren Lewis said last Thursday night when the latest transaction was approved by the Mount Airy Board of Commissioners. That involved a site of about one-half acre on Carolina Avenue. It is one of 11 different parcels declared surplus property by city officials last year and put on the auction block, some of which are outside the city limits Included were lots on North Franklin Road, East Wilson Street, North Main Street, Fancy Gap Road, Lakeview Drive (three parcels), Carolina Avenue (three parcels) and Lyn Avenue. Only the property on Lyn Avenue remains unsold from that list, which is located in the Westwood area near North Franklin Road. Lewis said after Thursday night’s meeting that plans for “10-plus” houses have resulted from the sales of surplus property, meaning officials saw no future use for it by the municipality. To market the land, Mount Airy has been using GovDeals, an online marketplace geared toward government, educational and related entities
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Salisbury Council Approves 362-Acre Peeler Road Industrial Park, Rejects Data Center Label
Salisbury City Council voted unanimously on Thursday to annex and rezone a 362-acre stretch of land on Peeler Road, clearing the way for a sprawling industrial park that developers say will eventually include six buildings, one of them larger than a million square feet. The site at 611 Peeler Road had been sitting under Rowan County jurisdiction until the vote brought it into city limits and shifted its zoning to the city's Light Industrial district.