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IOWA CITY — A 187-unit affordable housing complex is being proposed at the site of the former Roosevelt Elementary school nearly four years after the Iowa City Community School District sold the land.

The city’s Planning and Zoning Commission gave unanimous approval to both a comprehensive plan update and rezoning request that will allow for the development.

The school was closed by the district in 2012, and the 9.9 acre property, located at 611 Greenwood Dr. in Iowa City, was sold to Indiana-based TWG Developments in 2021 for $1.25 million.

The development team said the delay in bringing a plan to the city was in part due to cost increases related to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the sc

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