Some major news on the Sprayberry Crossing redevelopment front:
Atlantic Residential, which had proposed a site plan for its mixed-use plans last fall, then stepped back after opposition surfaced, has announced it’s on agreement to acquire the 15 acres of land at East Piedmont Road and Sandy Plains Road where the blighted shopping center has stood for many years.
Joe Glancy, a leader of group of citizens organized on Facebook announced late Monday that the redevelopment proposal is back on again, and stated that he and Shane Spink, another group leader, “are not involved with the administration of it.”
The new Atlantic Residential plans are located at a new website, sprayberrycrossing.com, which includes fresh renderings, a video presentation and a revised site plan.
- Atlantic Residential would add 30,000 square feet of space for a “national grocer” and slice the amount of other retail space down from around 10,000 square feet in the original site plan to 8,200 square feet;
- 12,000 square feet of co-working space;
- 177 apartment rental units (down from 195);
- 120 senior living residential units;
- 56 townhomes (down from 62);
- a town green and secondary courtyard;
- a walking and biking trail connecting East Piedmont Road to Post Oak Tritt Road.
The buildings would be anywhere from two to four stories with a modern classic design.
The new site plan also incorporates an existing cemetery, which had been the cause of much of the opposition. Some family members of those buried there have been adamantly against moving any remains to an area near the close-by Sandy Plains Baptist Church Cemetery.
We’ll be following up this story with more details, but Atlantic Residential for now is saying it wants to have a community presentation with public feedback.
That’s probably going to be virtual for now given the Coronavirus crisis.
These plans also willl require a zoning process that would appear to be some months away.
The tentative timeline for the redevelopment calls for demolition and site work in the first quarter of 2021 and construction ending in the fourth quarter of 2022.
Glancy said in Monday’s message to the Sprayberry Crossing Action group that in his dealings with the developers, “they have been forthright, honest and open in their dealings with me. They have given me no reason to suspect that will not continue.”
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