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Yahoo
23-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Proposal to build million-dollar homes on 14-acre Dublin reserve advances
DUBLIN, Ohio (WCMH) — A proposal to build a neighborhood of million-dollar homes on a 14-acre Dublin reserve has taken another step forward. Applicant Bill Adams' and architecture firm MKSK's proposal calls for 20 single-family homes to be built on the 14-acre property north of Bright Road, near the Grande Cliffs Estates and Hopewell Elementary School. Dublin's planning and zoning commission recommended approval on Feb. 6 to rezone the reserve from a 'Restricted Suburban Residential' district to a 'Planned Unit Development' district. Dublin Scioto High School addition calls for new academic wing, expanded dining area 'This development is a very unique offering for Dublin,' Adams said during the meeting. 'It showcases very sensitive land planning, controlled architecture, along with an elevated price point for the executive housing market.' Each home would have a $1.5 million to $2 million price tag, with central Ohio-based Corinthian Fine Homes as the neighborhood's designated builder. Brian Kinzelman, co-founder of MKSK, said the proposal aims to conserve several acres of green space, and reiterated that the development wouldn't be gated. The development looks 'forward to being part of this neighborhood, not exclusive of it,' he said. 'Having something as simple as a tasteful street sign is about as bold as we want to get,' Kinzelman said. 'We're looking to fit in to the neighborhood, not to be an exclusive place on Bright Road. So, no entry walls.' Planning and zoning commission members talked through certain design criteria, like the width of the development's sidewalk, but emphasized their support for the proposal. Commissioner Kathy Karter said she appreciated the developers effort to mesh the development with the surrounding community, and Commissioner Kim Way said it shouldn't 'look like every other subdivision in Dublin.' Kroger proposes new Delaware marketplace, gas station 'This is a really special and unique development, so obviously the applicant is really trying to do something that's above and beyond and I'm totally supportive of it as a concept,' said Way. 'I love the notion of the character of this and a brick side walk, I'd love to see that.' Commissioner Rebecca Call, chair of the commission, also spoke in support of the proposal, emphasizing the uniqueness of the development. 'I've been on the commission a long time, you look at the last time Dublin did a development that had this quality of architecture, of design, of natural resources, of the totality of the application, we don't get these very often,' said Call. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Chicago Tribune
15-02-2025
- Business
- Chicago Tribune
Beverly Shores and Pines transit development district gets slight tweak
The boundary for the proposed transit development district for Beverly Shores and Pines has been slightly shifted. A razor-thin spur toward Lake Michigan has been eliminated, said consultant Aaron Kowalski of MKSK. Kowalski, who is helping the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority with setting up the TDDs around South Shore Line train stations, gave an update Wednesday at a quarterly meeting of the TDD steering committee. A TDD is like a tax increment financing district on steroids. The comment period on the proposed TDD for Beverly Shores and Pines ended last month, setting up the next stop for approval. The two towns' councils will need to approve the plan, then the RDA, then the State Budget Committee. Additional public hearings will be part of the process. Public input so far has been positive, Kowalski said. The proposed TDD comprises 233.2 acres, 100 of them in Beverly Shores, where the station is. That spur to the lakefront, where it would have included a former pizza place, was removed based on comments from the Beverly Shores Town Council, Kowalski said. The RDA will reach out to Michigan City to start having conversations about extending sewers to the two towns to serve the proposed TDD. Future development there relies on having sewer service available. Valparaiso and South Bend are still in talks about setting up their own transit development districts. Already, though, the existing TDDs are attracting hundreds of millions of dollars of investment, RDA Director of Communications David Wellman said. Michigan City has had several responses to a request for proposals for the site of a former Franciscan Health hospital, and the city is looking at a $200 million to $300 million development at 5th and Pine with at least 500 apartments and a grocery store, Wellman said. 'We're really excited about this announcement. Hopefully, the project comes together.' If it does, that would push the dollar value of projects in TDDs to upward of $700 million, he said. World's Finest Chocolate is still considering a site in Portage, which would push that figure even higher if the deal goes through, Wellman said. Wellman also provided an update on the West Lake Corridor project. The Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District hopes revenue service could begin in May, but that could be delayed by the construction of a bridge and underpass at Main Street. The design work is 96% complete. Installation of the catenary system that powers the trains is nearly complete. Final paving of the Munster station's parking lot will occur in the spring when the weather warms up. 'NICTD keeps working with the contractors to try to hustle that project along,' Wellman said. Along the traditional route, the only part of the double track project that remains unfinished is the Michigan City parking garage and station, he said. The terra cotta façade from the former station on that site is being installed at the new station now.
