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Public Hearing Only - Zoning Request Z17-014 - Rezoning from NS & OI to MU-Conditional for the development of a mixed use project with 310 multi-family units, a hotel, 15,000 sq. ft. of retail space and 80,000 sq. ft. of office space - 8.7 Acres - Land Lots 880 & 881 - 2800 & 2810 Spring Road - Westplan Investors Acquisitions, LLC -
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ISSUE: Westplan Acquisitions, LLC is requesting to annex and rezone the property at 2800 & 2810 Spring Road from Neighborhood Shopping (NS) and Office/Institutional (OI) to Mixed Use (MU) - Conditional for the development of a mixed use development consisting of a hotel, an office building, a retail/office building and a multi-family development.
The proposed mixed use development will have the following uses:
1. A 6 to 12 story hotel (126,000 sq. ft.), which will accommodate 140 to 250 rooms with associated structured parking below the hotel. The hotel will be located near Spring Road.
2. A 5 to 6 story multi-family building consisting of 310 apartment units wrapped around a 5 to 6 story parking deck with 465 parking spaces. The multi-family building will be 389,333 sq. ft. in floor area with an average unit size of 900 sq. ft The multi-family building will be located towards the rear of the property along I-285.
3. A 3 to 4 story office building containing 80,000 sq. ft. of floor area with frontage on I-285.
4. A two-story flex retail/office building with 7,500 sq. ft. of retail space on the bottom floor and 7,500 sq. ft. of office/commercial space on the second floor over the retail, located along Spring Road.
BACKGROUND: The zoning request was heard by the Planning and Zoning Board at the April 9, 2018 meeting and was recommended for denial by a vote of 6-0.
RECOMMENDATION/REQUESTED ACTION: If the proposed development is viewed as providing "mixed uses", then one could say in a broad sense that it is "generally consistent" with the land u...
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