Posted Dec 5, 2017, 1:25 PM
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Well, it looks like the council was able to overcome the NIMBYs on this one. In fact, they even got the developer to revise his plan because of criticism, but that wasn't enough for them. Oh, well.
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$146M redevelopment of vacant Ann Arbor site approved by 7-4 vote
By Ryan Stanton | MLive.com
December 5, 2017
ANN ARBOR, MI - After hearing a mix of opinions from several residents, the Ann Arbor City Council debated a proposed redevelopment of 1140 Broadway St. late into the night.
By a 7-4 vote Monday night, Dec. 4, the council approved the $146 million development project, which includes more than 600 housing units -- apartments and condos in three buildings -- and ground-floor retail space at Broadway and Maiden Lane.
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The changes made:
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The latest site plan changes reduce the height of the proposed apartment building closest to residents in the Broadway historic neighborhood to the north, removing the uppermost stories.
The northernmost building wraps around a parking garage. The seven-story portion on the north side has been reduced to six stories and the eight-story south side has been reduced to seven stories. That leaves the building with 35 fewer housing units.
To make up for that, additional height has been added to the other two proposed buildings on the 6.4-acre vacant site.
An additional story and 15 housing units have been added to the condo building planned along Maiden Lane, which now has six stories above a parking garage.
The seventh story of the other proposed apartment building at the corner of Broadway and Maiden Lane, which previously covered a portion of the sixth story, has been expanded to cover a larger portion and now has 16 more housing units.
The look of the buildings also has changed. The amount of brick masonry cladding for the two apartment buildings has been roughly doubled, and a second color of brick has been added.
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