Leisure Care Makes Bid On 11-Acre Commercial Lot
The City Council is expected Monday to formally accept a bid of more than $1.75 million from Leisure Care of Seattle on 11-acres near Holland Road.
The commercial lot, just north of the city’s proposed NorthPointe Softball Complex, has about 1,200 feet of frontage on Holland, one of the city’s fastest developing commercial areas.
The same property was offered for auction last fall. The city rejected a high bid of $1 million.
Dave Perry, city property agent, said Leisure Care is known for its large retirement developments and villages.
In other planning news:
A proposal by David Czinger to build 19 homes on seven acres in the Rossmoor Ridge First Addition on Five Mile Prairie will go before the city Hearing Examiner Tuesday at 9 a.m.
Czinger said the lots, north of the intersection of Strong and Cedar, will range in size from 12,000- to 25,000-square feet.
The property is zoned residential suburban.
Spokane Realtor Rod Plese is asking the city to change the land use designation for a lot on the south side of Francis Avenue, between Atlantic and Normandie.
A single-story building that houses a beauty shop is on the lot.
He wants to build a commercial building, though he has no specific plans. It could possibly house at least three tenants, as well as a separate structure for an espresso business.
Duane Alton’s request to rezone eight acres of residential land to a regional business designation so he can build a tire store has been denied on appeal.
In late May, county commissioners upheld the county Hearing Examiner’s decision denying the project, saying it is “too large and too intrusive to be adjacent to a residential area without adequate buffering.”
It was a “friendly” denial, allowing Alton to make recommended changes in his proposal and file a new appeal again in a year.
Commissioners did agree that the project is not totally out of synch with the county’s comprehensive plan.
“It is next to a heavily traveled highway where commercial activities are appropriate,” said Commissioner Kate McCaslin.
However, the project is inappropriately close to the residential area.
“My view is that additional mitigation measures may go a long way to alleviate noise impacts,” said McCaslin.
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