Condo project passes muster -QCTimes (Yesterday)
No public comments opposed to the project at a public hearing. This really shows that it is a lot easier to complain on blogs or QCTimes.com, as dozens of people did, than it is to actually show up and do something about it. Of course, the public meeting was on July 3rd when people may have had better things to do, but I suspect a crowd would have turned out if this had been casino-related.
I still wish this project would be in a better location, such as downtown, where 8 story buildings belong, but I have a hard time opposing private development on private land. I'm still pretty split on the whole thing. If it was downtown it would be the best news for downtown Davenport since the Mississippi Plaza office building was announced. Instead its going to look oddly out of place in the planned location. Guess some of you angry commenters and bloggers should have showed up to voice your displeasure. Then when they ignore you and approve it anyway you could have at least complained.
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Living within sight of the site-I guess the zoning change is not close enough for us to be included in the notification area so that we might have known that it was going to be on the agenda for P and Z. July 3rd was a really good time to bring it. I do think the public may want to have a better explanation of how it may effect the river access and bike path. On the flooding issue-in 1996 I do recall River Drive closed for an extended period of time and the Boat House was sandbagged. The bigger problem was the storm sewer backups that covered River Drive not far from there. It should be interesting to watch the progression and to see the next planned development come in. One River Place is still for sale!
Actually it might be easier for the developer to get P&Z, city approval then financing.
This is a bad time to try to finance a project like this. And Shelley (above) is correct One River Place is still for sale.
A lot of folks have looked at that building (they had to tear down the parking structure), but it has big problems.
Is anybody worried that lumping a bunch of the "richest of the rich" together could cause an increase in white collar crime?
Conservative Demo here:
Heh heh, wait'll the effete residents of the place hafta wait for a long freight train progressing oh-so-slowly because of the low train-speed there demanded by the public a few years back.
Or when the Delta Queen docks there for a day and the steam calliope music doesn't stop at their sliding glass balcony patio doors.
Let them develop it, and yes they will ask for some type of private marina after completion to help sales.
It just seems someone had the ear of Mr. Brooke and Mr. McGivern when they pushed to vacate the land of Builders and River Gulf, and also tried to suplant the Levee Commission.
Why push out Builders so that the public could be on the river and then allow this? Was Builders pushed out because the Times didn't like the sand dust?
Yes. The Times definitely played a part.
Also, because they lease city land, whereas the new condos will be on private land.
I hope that any deal makes it clear that the frontage can never be closed off to access from the public. I wish the development was closer to the downtown area, it seems a more appropriate fit.
No kidding about the better in downtown thing... Hopefully some Davenport staff are trying to convince them of that.
I'm not sure if this project would include riverfront access or not. Currently there isn't any access to the river next store at Wakeens, although I admit it's hard to have a boatyard that doesn't sit directly along the river.
QCI - living up the hill, I'm a bit ambivalent on the whole deal. I think 8 stories is too high, but I do think it will take the pressure off of my neighborhood. I still doubt the viability, but unobstructed river views add about $50K to property values in my neck of the woods. Never underestimate rich (or any?) folks need to live in something new.
Preservation: the Ultimate in Recycling!
The less development along that stretch of riverfront, the better. Since the city has chosen to eschew a floodwall at all costs, building in flood-prone areas (yes, the area was closed due to sewer backup during the last big flood) should be avoided like the plague.
The site in question won't block many homeowners' views of the river...but the view while traveling east along River Drive, looking toward the I-74 bridge, will be blocked, affecting everyone. That bend in the river is one of the most picturesque views in the area.
As to One River Place...ask anyone who's ever worked in that building if it should be renovated. The place is a dump, past the point of no return.
They should renovate it with a wrecking ball.
Of course, the preservation fanatics would go ballistic, but ORP is beyond hope.
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