New Development on Farrell's - 8/01

Today the land use committee met with architects Alan Kravitz and Greg Miller about their interest in the Farrell's block (between Broadway and Weidler and 17th and 16th) They will be acquiring the Farrell's site and are talking with owners of the other properties within the block. Doug Fick of Broadway Florist joined us.

Kravitz and Miller envision a project of first floor commercial with condos above. The CS zoning on the site permits a 45 foot high building. This height allows for three floors of housing in addition to the first floor of commercial . They would like to add a setback, fourth floor with lofts-taking the height to 65 feet. A zoning adjustment will be required for the additional floor, and for this they are seeking our opinion and potential support.

The prospects are intriguing. Certainly this site (not including the florist) is in need of redevelopment. The mixed-use with housing predominating would serve as a good transition between the commercial on Broadway and the residential south of Weidler.

We will keep you posted via this site as the discussion continues. The Land Use committee will be updating the SGNA board at its September 11th meeting. You may certainly add your comments to the web site send an e-mail lcoward@imagina.com.