Above is a planned use development (PUD) to be presented at next week’s Marysville Planning Commission meeting. Metro Development, the same company building an apartment complex on Cooks Pointe Boulevard, is developing the site.
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More housing might be coming to Marysville in the form of apartments behind Meijer.
Next week’s planning commission meeting will see an application from Metro Developments, LLC for a 264-unit apartment development.
According to the site plan showing the planned unit development (PUD), the complex will include 11 three-story buildings with 24 units each. There will also be a clubhouse at the entrance and a pond going through the middle of the complex.
In the description of the development included in the application, officials point out that while the area is zoned for commercial use, it notes that residential would make more sense.
“This location is desirable for multi-family as its proximity to shopping as well as places for employment, cater to the demographic that this development would provide, empty nester and young professionals,” reads the application.
Marysville City Engineer Jeremy Hoyt noted that the space might have good visibility from the highway, but the single road leading into the development next to Meijer wouldn’t work well.
“The access back there is not the best for commercial,” he said. “It seems like it would be tough to get a big box back there, or something like that.”
Metro Developments is the same company behind the apartment complex going in on Cooks Pointe Boulevard. Hoyt said the two projects seem similar in scope.
Officials at last month’s design review board meeting said the Cooks Pointe development’s price range will be $900 to $1,200 per month.
“I would say it’s more comparable to that,” Hoyt said.
Hoyt said with the large pond on the site, the developer is, “Really focusing on that view from (U.S. 33).”
Officials also mentioned the possible effect the development could have on the neighboring technology park.
“The housing at this location could also provide some needed workforce development residents near the (city’s) Innovation Park,” reads the application.
The application further noted that the impact to the school district would be low.
“Historically, there have been less than 10 percent school age children … for these types of developments,” reads the application.
Planning Commission meets Monday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m. at city hall.