Ann Arbor identifying areas for downtown-style development outside of downtown
Updated Mar 10, 2021;
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ANN ARBOR, MI Ann Arbor planning officials are continuing to explore areas of the city to allow downtown-style development outside of downtown.
City Planner Alexis DiLeo proposed four areas to rezone in a report to the Planning Commission Tuesday night, March 9.
That includes parts of Plymouth Road, Washtenaw Avenue, the West Stadium Boulevard and Maple Road area, and the State Street and Eisenhower Parkway area.
The goal is to get some downtown-like streetscapes outside of downtown, DiLeo said.
“I think there was some concern in the community that every corridor was going to be lined with high-rises, but we’re talking about some very discrete areas of the city,” she said.
Ann Arbor mulls ‘unlimited height’ development zones
Updated Feb 11, 2021;
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ANN ARBOR, MI Should Ann Arbor establish new “unlimited height” development zones to encourage more dense housing and mixed-used development along transit corridors?
That’s a question city officials are exploring as part of a transit-oriented development zoning initiative, and it was the subject of community discussion and debate this week.
At a Planning Commission work session Tuesday night, Feb. 9, City Planner Alexis DiLeo gave an overview of what’s been proposed so far, noting the zoning project has been “on again, off again, back on again” in recent years.