Overland Park Bike Lane Projects

[rwiksell]

Originally Posted by brianf408

By definition, yes it is zoned "mixed use." Commercial and residential are on the same plot of land, and it does encourage some walkability. No it is not ideal, but it's better than the large spread out apartment complexes in other parts of Joco that you can barely walk to the clubhouse, let alone any sort of retail nearby. I like the CityPlace design better than any of the crap proposed for Metcalf and 95th street.

I do agree with you though, the Downtown OP plans are very nice and CityPlace is just a land/money grab. I sat in for a lot of the city planning meetings for CityPlace, and Block is just out of tune with what people want. Block's original proposal was for more of a Mission Farms style development with retail on the first floor and apartments above, but of course that changed as the design progressed.

If their original proposal was more like Mission Farms, it doesn't sound like they're completely out of tune. Do you know what motivated the change?

[brianf408]

Originally Posted by rwiksell

If their original proposal was more like Mission Farms, it doesn't sound like they're completely out of tune. Do you know what motivated the change?

As far as I know, the change was made to increase the number of apartments due to building height restrictions, so the retail was moved to a separate line of storefronts.