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Glen-Ann PUD before A2 Planning Commission tonightTonight the Planning Commission will be reviewing (for the second time) a proposal for a ten-story mixed-use building on Glen Ave, which would stretch from Catherine to Ann, replacing Angelo’s parking, two houses, the old Glen-Ann gas station, and Leonardo’s Pizza on Ann. Planning department officials are recommending approval for Glen Ann Place, a proposed 10-story building at the northwest corner of East Ann Street and Glen Avenue, across the street from the popular Angelo’s restaurant. If the project wins approval by both the planning commission and City Council, developers hope to break ground in September. Construction is expected to last between 12 and 16 months. The project was tabled at the Planning Commission’s 21 December meeting (21 December 2004 minutes (pdf)); concerns were discussed at that meeting about inadequate parking (the proposal now includes three underground parking levels, with one parking space per housing unit and 32 spaces for Angelo’s and for the on-site businesses), bulk and shading of the structure (a shadow study has been submitted with the revised proposal), and the fate of the two houses, which are categorized as “contributing historic properties”, or not historic on their own, but contributing to the character of the neighborhood. The benefits the project would bring include improving the pedestrian streetscape of Glen, bringing local service businesses into proximity with the University’s new construction, and (my opinion) hiding the eye-bleedingly bad facade of the University’s new construction from uphill neighbors in the Old Fourth Ward. « Previous Article Farmer Jack may close some local stores Next Article Starbucks Delocator » |
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—Brandon Apr. 5 '05 - 05:22PM #
The great irony in all of this is that one of the things I’ve been neglecting in order to blog, write letters, go to meetings, etc. is reading “Bowling Alone” for my Community Participation course.
—Murph Apr. 5 '05 - 05:27PM #
—Brandon Apr. 7 '05 - 12:38AM #
—Julie Apr. 7 '05 - 02:02AM #
—Brandon Apr. 7 '05 - 02:12AM #
But, that area definitely needs something other than university parking decks and Angelo’s. Price-wise, I’m impressed that they can manage 3 underground levels of parking; before the Commission meeting, it was undetermined whether they were going to include affordable units or buy-out. I expect buy-out – Julie, did you catch that?
—Murph Apr. 7 '05 - 02:41AM #
Parking was another interesting topic. In order to satisfy the parking regulations, the developer reduced the number of units by making them all two-bedroom units instead of having several one-bedroom units. The retail and office spaces do not have guaranteed parking (they may not have any parking, I couldn’t quite tell). Angelos has eight spots for their employees.
—Julie Apr. 7 '05 - 01:35PM #
Under straight up zoning (not PUD), the development would require between 310 and 375 parking spaces, depending on the type of office (e.g. banks and dentists are high-parking requirement office uses), 2-2.5 times what’s in the PUD. Considering the hullaballoo on the other side of downtown with people claiming we should be subtracting parking spaces to encourage non-motorized transportation, it’s good to see the Planning Commission not requiring vast seas of asphalt . . .
—Murph Apr. 7 '05 - 02:09PM #