A groundbreaking lodging development near the General Motors Corvette Assembly Plant and a 137-lot subdivision tucked against Interstate 65 and the Barren River are the latest projects in the continued growth of northern Warren County.

Both projects were given the go-ahead by the City-County Planning Commission on Thursday, with the detailed development plan for a dual-brand hotel getting approved and the rezoning of 60.71 acres getting the OK and paving the way for the proposed River’s Edge subdivision.

The hotel development plan submitted by Vik Patel of Laxmi Hotels LLC calls for a four-story, 77-room hotel that combines the Mainstay and Sleep Inn brands to be built at 554 Corvette Drive, which is within walking distance of the Corvette plant.

Patel, who is partners in the development with Dr. Nirav Sheth, explained that Mainstay is an extended-stay brand that has apartment-like features while Sleep Inn is more of a traditional hotel brand. The dual brands will be connected by a common lobby. The Mainstay side will have 41 suites and Sleep Inn will have 36 rooms on the 2.07-acre site.

“It’s a good fit for that area,” said Patel, who has developed hotels in Cave City and Glasgow. “The extended-stay side will be mainly for General Motors people. They can stay there a week or more, and they’ll be within walking distance of the plant.”

The dual-brand hotel is being built by Kenneth Simpson Construction of Franklin, which has built other hotels developed by Patel.

The River’s Edge subdivision rezoning involves the 60.71 acres at the end of McFadin Station Street, bounded by the Barren River and I-65.

The commission approved a zoning change from multi-family residential and floodplain to single-family residential and floodplain, with only 22 of the acres being used for the subdivision.

Mark Williams, partners in the development with Rodney Rogers of Stewart Richey Construction, said the subdivision will meet a pressing need for affordable single-family housing while bringing those affordable homes to a part of Warren County that is growing.

The River’s Edge development plan calls for a maximum of 140 lots, but Williams said the layout calls for 137. The minimum size of the homes is 1,000 square feet of living space, but Williams said most will be in the 1,200-square-foot range on lots of at least 5,000 square feet.

“When you look around Bowling Green, nobody has affordable single-family homes,” Williams said. “These will cost in the neighborhood of $125,000 to $145,000. Nobody has anything like that. That part of the county is growing, with lots of manufacturing jobs.”

Williams has developed a number of subdivisions and apartments, including Lost River Cove off Nashville Road.

Final approval of the River’s Edge rezoning rests with the Bowling Green City Commission, and Williams said work will begin on the development as soon as that approval is given.

“I would like to have lots ready in the spring,” he said.

The planning commission approved a detailed development plan for a 38-unit apartment complex at 5002 Worth Way near Russellville Road. The plan calls for five buildings on a 1.9235-acre tract.

In other business:

• Cobblestone Capital LLC was approved to rezone 2.28 acres at 850 and 866 Broadway Ave. from general business to central business. Cobblestone principal owner Zach Williams said the rezoning will allow the Grandma’s Attic building to be converted to a micro-brewery/restaurant. His plan also calls for building 24 one-bedroom apartments above the restaurant. The Firestone store on the property will continue to lease from Cobblestone.
• Sharon French was approved for rezoning five acres on Elrod Road next to the MacKenzie Meadows subdivision from agriculture to single-family residential in order to subdivide the property into two residential lots.
• Senad and Sladjana Veletanlic had their application approved for rezoning 5.1395 acres on Louisville Road near the Kentucky Transpark from agriculture to light industrial, with a general development plan that calls for either a farm equipment business or some type of food service.
• J&T Property Management Inc. was approved for rezoning a 5.05-acre tract at 2919 Dye Ford Road from agriculture to residential estate in order to develop three single-family homes.
• Ryan and Amy Waddell received approval to rezone 2.1169 acres at 486 Sweeney Lane from agriculture to single-family residential in order to subdivide the property into three residential lots.
• Walter Cecil and Sharon Jenkins got approval to rezone two acres at 1175 Woodburn-Allen Springs Road from agriculture to residential estate in order to subdivide the property into two residential lots.
• Bradford and Catherine Basham received approval to rezone 0.775 acres at 856 Richardsville Road from agriculture to general business in order to expand their Basham’s Mowers business.
• Performance Feeds LLC was approved for rezoning 1.16 acres at 2361 Louisville Road from agriculture to light industrial in order to expand the parking lot.
• Lan and Hong Nguyen were approved for rezoning 0.2516 acres at 1438 Kenton St. from RM-3 townhouse/multi-family residential to RM-4 multi-family residential in order to develop four apartments on the lot.
• Dexter Holdings LLC and West End Church of Christ got approval to rezone 5.18 acres at 300 and 360 Blue Level Road from agriculture to light industrial in order to operate a construction company on the property.

The rezonings are subject to approval by either the Bowling Green City Commission or Warren County Fiscal Court.