More condos, businesses planned
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By TANNA WOODS
Standard-Examiner correspondent
Clearfield may have two developments close by each other
CLEARFIELD -- The city could have two large mixed-use developments with condos and businesses within a mile of each other.
Tuesday night, Uriah Kennedy came to the city council to complete the first step toward making a mixed-use development on roughly 10.5 acres across from Weber State University's Davis Campus. He asked for the general plan and its map to be changed to allow for commercial/residential zoning.
Right now, the area is zoned for just commercial. With the plan changes approved, now Kennedy has to request an official zoning change.
From there, he would need to start getting approval for site plans and permits.
"We're just barely getting started," Kennedy said.
He said he would like to have a development that has six higher-rise buildings. It would have up to four levels of underground parking, two levels of commercial and six to seven levels for condos in the buildings.
There would be no above-ground parking in the development because he said it is intended to be a pedestrian-friendly environment.
Kennedy said in total he envisions having 350 condos, ranging from one to three bedrooms and 900-1,800 square feet. The residential area would have a spa for use of occupants, plus a pond to add to the aesthetic feel.
There will also be 50,000 square feet of commercial space. He said plans include having a Cineplex 16 in the community, plus big-name retailers such as the Cheesecake Factory.
"It's a new up-and-coming development," Kennedy said.
"It will feel like a downtown environment. People like to be around what is going on. They like the business of downtown."
He explained the feel will be similar to the Gateway in Salt Lake City. The project has been in the works for about six months.
Nearby, the Midtown Village Development is already in the works and has been in planning phases for more than a year. Midtown Village is a $150-million development near the Legend Hills area on the city's east side. It is a 1.2-million-square-foot project that will have roughly 300 residential units, a state-of-the-art performing arts theater and more than 300,000 square feet of office, retail and restaurant space.
The project is patterned after a similar one in Orem, which is also spearheaded by Midtown Development.
Though ideas for development are similar, Kennedy said his project will stand out and still be marketable, despite the nearby competition. He believes the two developments will attract different types of businesses and buyers.
Kennedy said his development will be geared at getting students and younger families into the development.
Condo prices are expected to start around $250,000.
"It might be a fight to fill the units," he said. "This will be a competitive area to build, but we still have marketability. We will be in walking distances to things."
Council members questioned how soon the project would be ready to move forward. Kennedy said pending permits and approvals, he would like to get started on the project in 2008.
"This will be a big attraction," Kennedy said.
Council member Doyle Sprague agreed, saying, "It sounds like a great project."
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