Purpose-Built Student Housing

Due to social distancing protocols, overflow audience members attended the public hearing for the Lockhart Drive rezoning via Zoom from the Ben Robertson Community Center. (Asst. City Manager Marty Hughes at the microphone).

Kennesaw December 22, 2020

Kennesaw City Council rejects controversial student housing project

The rezoning and variance requests for the proposed student housing project at 1320 Lockhart Dr. were denied by the Kennesaw City Council Monday. This was the first test of Kennesaw’s…

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New Kennesaw student housing ordinance faces first test at city council

A developer’s plans to transform seven acres of land, currently zoned for office and industrial use, into purpose-built student housing will be the first test of Kennesaw‘s new student housing…

Kennesaw August 11, 2020

Kennesaw to hold final hearings on Stanley Road rezoning and student housing ordinance

Two highly-deliberated zoning issues are up for more discussion at the next Kennesaw City Council meeting. One of the final hearings is regarding the rezoning of 1630 Stanley Rd. from…

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Purpose-Built Student Housing

Kennesaw City Council rejects controversial student housing project

New Kennesaw student housing ordinance faces first test at city council

Kennesaw to hold final hearings on Stanley Road rezoning and student housing ordinance