Failing Sunset Place mall was going to be revamped. Why did politicians say no?
The new owners of the failing Shops at
Now it looks like the ambitious pedestrian-friendly makeover, which enjoyed broad support from downtown property and business owners and
And the city appears to have further cemented its reputation for oddball politics and strong anti-development sentiment, raising questions about the future of a downtown suffering from vacant storefronts and a lack of shoppers and diners.
By a 3-2 vote after a nearly five-hour special hearing that stretched past midnight, the city commission early Tuesday spiked a package of special zoning rules that would have allowed the redevelopment of the portion of the mall that sits along
On Tuesday,
"We are disappointed that the
Federal's plan, designed by
Federal, which paid
The same development team has also now undertaken radical surgery on CocoWalk in
An overwhelming majority of speakers in the
The project got yes votes from Mayor
Commissioner
Another commissioner,
He also claimed that the developers would put people in harm's way by enticing them to cross
Neighboring
Federal's consultant unsuccessfully sought to counter some commissioners' and residents' concerns about traffic and pedestrian safety.
Planning consultant
The developers' traffic planner,
Federal's attorney,
"This is not going to result in springing urban nodes in the middle of single-family neighborhoods," he said. "We are proposing dense urban development where your comprehensive plan says you want dense urban development."
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