Charlottesville City Council voted 3-2 at its Monday meeting to abandon proposals to move ahead with the long-debated Preston Commons development project, bounded by Preston Avenue, Grady Avenue and 10th Street.
The vote to stop development plans comes after more than a year of community member opposition and local developer disinterest.
Community members at Monday's Council meeting voiced concerns that the Preston Commons development was not an appropriate use of the land on Preston Avenue.
Council voted to abandon the development project despite the submission of two development plans by local firms Feb. 23.
City Strategic Planner Satyendra Huja had supported condominium development on Preston Avenue, citing its potential to provide more housing in the downtown area, to increase local tax revenue and to make the area more pedestrian friendly.
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