As Developer Fralin Revives Townhome Project, Neighbors Eye City Council Swing Vote

Henri Gendreau -
The site of a proposed housing development as seen from the intersections at Brandon Avenue and Main Street in the Wasena area. FILE PHOTO BY HENRI GENDREAU

Roanoke developer Robert Fralin's company has revived a long-controversial, twice-rejected proposal to turn woodlands along Brandon Avenue into townhouses.

City leaders next month will decide whether to rezone a portion of the company-owned property to allow the construction of 29 townhomes near a convoluted southwest Roanoke intersection.

R. P. Fralin Inc.’s scaled-back plan marks the third time in five years it has tried to develop the land, efforts that neighbors have pushed back on repeatedly.