A $6 million residential complex on Campbell Avenue Southeast will open by the end of the year, continuing a creative push into an area that was long known for other
Southeast Roanoke could see a new four-story apartment building rise near Norfolk Southernâs East End Shops.
The Roanoke Planning Commission recommended approval of a rezoning request that would allow developer Lucas Thornton and his partners to construct the Lawson Building West in the 600 block of Campbell Avenue Southeast. The site sits just yards away from the original Lawson Building, a 1930s-era warehouse that Thorntonâs company turned into a residential complex in 2009.
Lucas Thornton
The request will go before the Roanoke City Council, possibly as soon as its Dec. 21 public hearing. If approved, work is expected to begin within the first three months of 2021, Thornton said.