Public Hearing Scheduled For Proposed Lofts at Old Towne

     A public hearing is scheduled for March 9th to allow for public comment related to a proposed zoning change at the current Old Towne Marketplace off of SW Eagles Parkway.           
     Old Towne Marketplace LLC has submitted an application requesting a change of zoning on approximately 1.2 acres from Downtown Transition Zone to R-3p (Multi-Family Residential District—Planned Overlay District) and approximately 1.9 acres from C-1 (Central Business District) to R-3p (Multi-Family Residential District—Planned Overlay District).
     The proposed development, Lofts at Old Towne, includes 154 apartments on the site and a mixed-use indoor amenity center. The development will repurpose the former Patricia’s Foods site into the mixed-use indoor amenity center and 64 rental units. Three three-story apartment buildings containing a total of 90 rental units are planned for the vacant tract to the west.
     The proposed 154 rental units will consist of 10% one-bedroom units, 80% two-bedroom units, and 10% three-bedroom units. The mixed-use amenity center will consist of an indoor pool, pickle ball courts, exercise room, media/theatre room, tenant co-op workspace and Wi-Fi café, leasing office and tenant storage units.
     City zoning regulations require two parking spaces for a 1 or 2-bedroom unit and 3 parking spaces for a 3 or more bedroom unit. Using the Old Towne Marketplace parking area and the proposed rental units and existing commercial spaces, the required number of parking spaces would be 537; post development parking will be 541 spaces.
     According to a City staff report, the development would be completed in two phases. The three apartment buildings planned for the tract west of the current Marketplace will be completed in phase 1. Phase 2 will consist of the demolition and then construction of Building A, located where the vacant Patricia’s Foods is located.
     The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval on the rezoning and preliminary development plan during its February 12th meeting to the Board of Aldermen. A public hearing is required and is scheduled for 7:00pm on Monday, March 9, 2020 during the Board of Aldermen’s regularly scheduled meeting.
 

Renderings provided in an application by Old Towne Marketplace LLC illustrate the changes planned for the current Old Towne Marketplace. A public hearing is scheduled for Monday, March 9th regarding the proposed zoning change.
Image credit: City of Grain Valley
 

A rendering of The Lofts at Old Towne submitted with the rezoning application.
Image credit: City of Grain Valley