On Wednesday, October 27, 2021 Dierbergs and McBride will present their plans before the Planning and Zoning Commission. The meeting will be via Zoom and will start at 6pm.
The entire agenda for the meeting is posted HERE. It contains many links for all of the various site plans and descriptions of the property. Note that the first two public hearing items are not related to the mall. The good stuff starts with agenda item 4c. There is a TON of info to review and I won't attempt to summarize all of it here.
Here are some of the "more interesting" documents to view:
- Color Renderings of Dierbergs Store
- Color Site Plan
- Full Site Plan
- McBride Home Elevations
- Sidewalk Plan
- Crestwood Staff Report on McBride Homes Application
Below are a few excerpts from the posted documents that discuss the project at a high level. More info to come later:
PROJECT OVERVIEW
D3 Commercial Realty Group LLC (“Dierberg’s”) and McBride Berra Land Company, LLC
(“McBride”), together “the applicants”, have requested to construct a
horizontal mixed-use development across the entire site that consists of three
(3) phases and four (4) defined areas.
Western area: Public
Plaza of 12,000 square feet or more with additional restaurant, entertainment
and commercial components.
Central area: Dierberg’s Grocery Store with
two (2) buildings flanking the main grocery store to the east and west, as well
as two (2) additional buildings near Watson Road that are part of the site plan
and “outlot 5” which is not yet site planned.
Eastern area: 81
single family homes on three (3) different sized lots.
Eastern area fronting Watson Road: Commercial
space that will have the site planned as part of phase three (3) of the
project.
PHASES
The three (3) phases of the project are
not designed to necessarily be sequential, meaning all of phase one (1) does
not need to be completed before phase two (2) and so forth. The applicants have
identified that phase one consists entirely of the parts of the site where they
have complete confidence in knowing what will occupy those spaces. Additional
spaces will have site plans finalized once commercial tenants have been
identified, and the sooner those tenants are identified, the faster those
phases can be built out.
Phase one (1) will focus on the primary commercial anchor
tenant (Dierberg’s) and the commercial uses to the
east and west, as well as the buildout of the single-family homes, which will
be built to suit the purchaser’s preferences. A connecting pedestrian bridge
from the north-eastern portion of the development will be built during phase
one (1).
Phase two - While listed
officially as part of phase 2, the western portion of the development will
feature a plaza space of no fewer than 12,000 square feet, a sit-down
restaurant (or two) with a patio, as well as one or two tenants for the
north-west portion of the development. The public plaza space and restaurant
site plan will come before The Commission for approval once a tenant has been
identified and the plans for that portion of the development are finalized. This space is noted as “Gather Space C” on the
plans.
The remaining part of Phase two (2) are
near Watson road and are essentially surrounded by the
Dierberg’s parking lot. While they are envisioned as
drive-through restaurants, this may change between the date of this report, the
final development plan approval, or a requested modification of the site plan
once tenants have been identified.
Phase three (3) consists of outlots
six (6), seven (7), eight (8) and nine (9). These are the southeastern portion
of the development which fronts Watson Road. Development of these parcels has
yet to be decided on and a site plan for these parcels will be submitted when
tenants can be identified, as well as if a neighboring property can be
acquired. There is not any additional information available at
this time.
PUBLIC SPACE
There are four (4) public gathering
spaces planned as part of this planned development in addition to the public
space / seating areas proposed in front of the Dierberg’s
building and the additional retail that will flank it. They are noted on the
plans as gathering spaces A, B, C, and D.
- Gathering Space A is a
small outdoor space which sits southwest of the C-sized housing lots and
east of the Dierberg’s. It is approximately
6,200 square feet and serves as a gathering spot for persons who are
travelling between the commercial and residential portions of the
development.
- Gathering space B is a nearly 14,000 square foot
bio retention area with outdoor seating. While a public space, it is the
intent that persons utilizing a restaurant in the south-east corner of the
parking lot will make use of this space as outdoor seating.
- Gathering Space C is a minimum 12,000 square
foot outdoor plaza area in the western portion of the development with a
“water feature”. It will be along the connector street from the
westernmost entrance to the development, with the restaurant(s) on the
south end of the plaza. The final size of the plaza will be determined by
the final building site plan configuration for that portion of the
development.
- Gathering Space D sits in the southwest corner
of the residential portion of the development. It is centrally located for
the entire site when both commercial and residential aspects are
considered and is intended to primarily serve as a leisure, recreation and
sitting area for the development’s residents. Additional features such as
playground equipment and a gazebo are being considered, the gazebo is
represented on the site plan as is a walking path.