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Originally Posted by builder03
The adjustments made by the developer still were not enough to satisfy 4 of the council members. Super disappointing. Randy Keating was able to convince the council to approve a 6-month continuance to allow the two new incoming council members to vote on it. If we can't build a modest 7 story building in a transit rich area like Apache and Rural, where can we?
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Unfortunate situation. And tbh, I am under the impression that the two incoming members are more skeptical of high density housing than the outgoing members (despite the Tempe YIMBY endorsements of St George and Nichols over Adams, which was extremely bizarre to me) so I dont have high hopes.
Always good to remember that rejecting housing for being too high density is no guarantee that it is going to come back as a similar but more palatable project. The highest profile city rejection by this council in recent memory was their disapproval of "The Standard," which would have been a 20 story residential building at the SW corner of Apache and Rural (same intersection!) and would have replaced the gas station and old Vine building. The council rejected it on the grounds that "something shorter would be more appropriate for the area." They should have been more careful, because they indeed got what they wished for (its going to be a Dave's Hot Chicken restaurant).
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