SouthStar Development today rescinded its request before City Council to have 10 acres in Ridgemont rezoned for a housing complex adjacent to Parkway Center Mall.

Residents of Ridgemont, a neighborhood that once was known as Chicken Hill, have fought the plan since it was proposed last summer. City Vista at Parkway was to have included 10 acres in Pittsburgh and 16 in adjacent Green Tree for a 400-plus community of townhomes and condos, 178 of which would have been in the city.

Green Tree approved the plan last year.

Opposition in Ridgemont prolonged the public hearing process through the spring. It resonated with City Council, which, in a preliminary vote last week, voted against the zoning change.

"Rather than force council to choose sides, we want to go back and work with the community to come up with a plan that's a win-win for everybody," said Irving Firman, the developer's attorney. "We're confident we will be able to come up with something that makes sense because the project makes sense."