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Public Hearing: Community City Planning Commission
Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2026  |  Time: 6:00 p.m.

OR Tuesday September 15, 2026 |  Time: 6:00 p.m.

Location: Louis L. Redding City/County Building
800 N. French Street, Wilmington, DE 19801

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This is the formal public hearing where the City Planning Commission will take testimony and vote on a recommendation regarding the rezoning application. 

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May 29th, 2026 | Developer Files Amended Rezoning Application 

On May 29, 2026, Tsionas Management filed an amended rezoning application with the City of Wilmington. The developer has characterized the amendment as a response to community feedback. Revised renderings are available on the developer's website.

What changed:

The original application requested C-2 zoning for both parcels. The amended application requests a different designation for each:

• 2140 W. 11th Street (the parcel fronting Bancroft Parkway): C-1 → R-5-B

• 1010 N. Bancroft Parkway (the larger parcel): C-1 → split zoning, with the Bancroft-facing portion designated R-5-B and the interior portion designated C-2

The building's massing has also been revised. Rather than a single nine-story structure, the amended proposal describes a stepped building: 4 stories along Bancroft Parkway, 8 stories through the middle section, and 12 stories toward North Grant Avenue. The overall program remains largely unchanged: 200 apartments, a ground-floor coffee shop, and a 290-space parking garage totaling approximately 320,100 square feet.

What didn't change:

The height ceiling. R-5-B — the new designation on the parcels fronting the parkway — permits structures up to 15 stories and 180 feet under Sec. 48-151 of the city's zoning code. That is the same maximum as C-2. The amended application reduces the C-2 footprint on this site, but does not reduce the legal height exposure on this corner.

The city's own R-5-B purpose clause requires that its density controls "assure that they could adjoin one-family neighborhoods without impairing the value of homes therein" (Sec. 48-138(a)). The parcels are adjacent to Bancroft Village and sit across Bancroft Parkway from single-family homes. A building stepping up to 12 stories in that context does not meet the compatibility standard the code sets for this designation.

Our position remains the same. We continue to oppose this rezoning. Changing the zoning label on the Bancroft-facing parcels from C-2 to R-5-B does not protect the parkway from high-rise development. The height blank check remains.

You can review the full amended application here.