Developers are planning an affordable housing project on the site of three aging hotels in College Park.

Located at 9113 Baltimore Ave., the new five-story 317-unit apartment building would replace a Days Inn, Howard Johnson and Red Roof Inn that have been on the four-acre site for decades.

Rockville-based RST Development is behind the project, which will be called the Flats at College Park.

The project would be made affordable using a combination of low-income housing tax credits and the fact the site is in an opportunity zone, an area designated by the 2017 tax cuts to encourage investment in low-income communities.

An overview of the project said that it would have an average rent of $1,733 for mostly two- and three-bedroom units with an average size of 1,121 square feet. The building would have amenities such as an outdoor pool, courtyards, a fitness center and a dog park.

The area is about a mile north of the main entrance to the University of Maryland, an area that has seen rising prices as upscale new student housing has moved in, recently causing the closure of several longtime local businesses.

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