The Charlotte City Council Monday approved a rezoning bid for another high-rise tower along South Boulevard. The approval came in spite of the recent controversy over the proposal. Residents of the nearby Arlington tower had complained that the new 230-foot building would block their views of uptown. But on Monday no one spoke against the proposal and the council passed it unanimously. “We are excited and a little surprised,” said Tracy Finch of the Harris Development Group. “We expected more opposition.” Harris applied for a rezoning of the former Simpson's Lighting property. The apartment tower is part of a $200 million project that includes a 200-plus foot office building and 180-foot hotel on approximately 2.74 acres. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Zoning Committee unanimously backed the $200 million project last month, with some changes. Center City Partners also supported the plan. But earlier this month some residents of The Arlington, South End's 300-foot pink residential high-rise, complained that the new project would block their views and lower property values. They said they have a right to their views in the non-legally binding South End Transit Station Area Plan approved in 2005 – about two years after The Arlington opened. That plan caps building height in the area at 120 feet. Hundreds of thousands of dollars sometimes separate condos with views of the city from those without. At The Arlington, available condos facing ...
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