Housing proposal gets pulled
ROSA SALTER RODRIGUEZ | The Journal Gazette
The developer of a controversial multifamily housing project on West State Boulevard has withdrawn its application.
The proposal from Neuhaus Properties LLC of Fort Wayne, represented by Martin J. Henry, originally was for a rezoning and approval of a primary development plan for 48 units in six new buildings and eventual renovation of a building used as a church.
Henry is a brother of Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry.
The 7.78-acre site is now zoned single-family residential.
Neighbors objected to the density of the plans for the site and said it was unsuitable because it is mostly wooded, with wetlands and elevation changes. Residents also contended the development would impinge upon an unusual residential area known as Log Cabin Park.
A proposed apartment complex for 3515 W. State Blvd. will have its public hearing officially delayed for 60 days during a 3 p.m. meeting Wednesday of the Fort Wayne Plan Commission.