On the west side of Fulton Road near West 30th Street, a pair of townhomes are planned to fill the front of a deep lot (Contexture Design Studio). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.
Local developer to fill gap in Fulton streetscape with townhome pair
In Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood, plans to erect two townhomes on a historic stretch of Fulton Road are progressing. The townhomes would fill a gap between two early 20th-century structures where a gravel parking lot currently stands in front of a small single-family home.
The project, located at 1768 Fulton Rd., is being led by local developer Evin Peavy from Kismet Investments LLC of Cleveland. Peavy has years of experience renovating historic structures across Cleveland.
Two townhomes are planned for an underutilized lot on Fulton Road. An addition will be built on a small single-family home, barely visible at the rear of the lot (Google).
The townhomes are designed by Contexture Design Studio of Virginia, an architectural firm which specializes in tailoring structures according to their unique neighborhood contexts.
As a new-construction development in an historic neighborhood, careful attention was placed on creating a modern design that fits the scale and style of surrounding structures.
A side elevation for the proposed townhomes depicts the two attached garages and an urban garden between the townhomes (Contexture Design Studio).
The two townhomes would be connected by a green roof and urban garden. Each would feature an attached garage on the lower level.
In the rear of the property, an existing two-story home would be expanded. Three off-street parking spaces would be constructed on an adjacent lot to accommodate additional vehicles.
A site plan for 1768 Fulton Rd. shows two townhomes to be built in front of a smaller single-family home, which would be expanded (Contexture Design Studio).
City Planning Commission on Thursday voted unanimously to approve a small zoning change for the project, with the condition that the developer address concerns about whether the driveway would offer sufficient space for vehicles entering and exiting garages.
Since the property is located in a two-family zone, planning approval was required to grant the conditional use for townhomes. No comments from the public, either in favor of or against the project, were made at Thursday’s meeting. The project received conditional approval from the Landmarks Commission on December 12.
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