Bob Adams Homes

officially withdrew its rezoning application for the Lexington Commons

multiuse commercial project at Monday night's meeting of the Peachtree

City Planning Commission.

That means

the 73-acre property, at the corner of Walt Banks Road and Ga. Highway

54, will retain its current zoning of LUC-16. The project will proceed,

Adams said after the meeting.

Adams said

the company did not want to press the rezoning issue if it didn't stand

a good chance of being approved.

"We're

just going to leave it," he said. "It just seems to me the whole

attitude in the city about apartments is so negative. Even when they're

upscale, people can't get past that."

The Planning

Commission unanimously voted to accept the withdrawal of the rezoning

application.

Developers

on the project had sought to increase the residential units in Lexington

Commons from 160 to 260, including lofts and town homes. Also, the developers

wanted to have 68,000 square feet where property owners could choose to

live or work.

Both those

changes would result in a reduction of the overall commercial space at

Lexington Commons. According to the company, retail space would have been

reduced by 128,000 square feet while office space would have shrunk by

38,000 square feet.