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Petersburg City Council denied a special use permit for a new assisted-living center in a former group home.

The developer, SP-13 Properties Inc., invested $1.8 million in renovations based on initial city assurances.

Local residents and associations opposed the project, citing concerns over past issues at the location and zoning requirements.

Plans to develop a former group home in midtown Petersburg into an assisted-living center appear to have been dashed after City Council voted Nov. 18 to deny a special use permit to operate it.

The 5-2 vote ends a months-long battle between the developers of the site formerly known as Fillmore Place and a residential neighborhood that was worried over a potential repeat of the last time the building was inhabited. But it may

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