Two high-profile local real- estate developments – The Hub on Lovers Lane and the South Downtown residential/commercial project between State and Chestnut streets – are expected to move closer to reality Thursday when the City-County Planning Commission of Warren County meets to discuss both projects.

Developer David Chandler and his Chandler Residential LLC business are joining Bowling Green-Warren County Community Hospital Corp. (The Medical Center) and American Bank and Trust in requesting that 89.94 acres on Lovers Lane bounded by Steeple Chase and Searcy ways be rezoned from agriculture to multi-family residential and highway business.

Chandler, who has developed a number of hotels and businesses in Bowling Green and other areas, is the driving force behind The Hub, which is expected to include 600 multi-family residential units, a 220-room hotel with meeting and convention space and a medical facility operated by Med Center Health.

The Hub is across Lovers Lane from the Mount Victor-Old Towne, Greenhills and Traditions residential developments.

Chandler has called the former farm of the late Dr. Roy Cooksey “the last big piece of developable property in Bowling Green.” His plans call for it to include restaurants, office space and retail businesses.

The South Downtown project being developed by Tintin Properties LLC has applied for approval of a Detailed Development Plan for 3.4461 acres located on 1010 State St. and 1035 Chestnut St. The property is zoned central business.

The development plan is being presented by Tintin Properties and the trustees of State Street United Methodist Church, which owns the parking lot at State Street and 11th Avenue that Tintin plans to purchase and include in its South Downtown project.

“Before the purchase (of the parking lot) is final, they have to make sure they have all approvals,” explained Ben Peterson, executive director of the planning commission. “So the church has to be included as an applicant.”

The development plan proposes construction of 63 one-bedroom dwelling units and 14 two-bedroom units in addition to 20,000 square feet of commercial space, 8,000 square feet of restaurant space and 6,000 square feet of event space.

Spearheaded by developer Greg Foster, the South Downtown development is centered on the former Sears and Roebuck store at 1010 State St., which last served as the Kentucky social services building.

The planning commission will also consider rezoning 28.87 acres on Aaron Road in the Rockfield area from agriculture and light industrial to residential estate when it meets at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Bowling Green City Commission chambers.

Barrett Hammer of Southside Development LLC is proposing that the acreage be subdivided into a maximum of 26 lots.

The binding elements listed with the application require that each lot be at least one acre and that all residences have at least 1,800 square feet of heated living area.

This story has been updated since its initial publication to correct its description of the City-County Planning Commission of Warren County’s agenda as it related to the South Downtown project.