Angel Oak development moves forward
A controversial plan to develop a complex of apartments and shops on land adjacent to Angel Oak Park on Johns Island cleared another regulatory hurdle on this evening, at a meeting where supporters of the project significantly outnumbered the handful of opponents.
The plan to build hundreds of apartments and a few retail stores on the 20-acre site, near the intersection of Maybank Highway and Bohicket Road, has attracted opponents because of the density of the project and its proximity to the famed Angel Oak, a huge Live Oak rumored to be the oldest living tree in the eastern United States.
The city's Commercial Corridor Design Review Board, which reviews the architectural features of buildings proposed on certain city streets, had rejected earlier versions of the plan but granted conceptual approval to the latest version with a unanimous vote. The plan will return to the board at future meetings for two more rounds of approval, for preliminary and final design.
The development has been known as Angel Oak Village, but developer Robert DeMoura, of AOV, LLC, stopped using that name due to the controversy over the Angel Oak. Charleston's Parks Department, planning staff, and city officials have said they are comfortable that the development will not harm the tree, and the plan has been reviewed by at least four arborists, but opponents remain unconvinced.
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