Next Planning Board Work Session on 22 Story Condo Building Proposed for Lakefront Zone

The Planning Board will hold a work session on Wednesday, January 18th at 10 am on the proposed 22 story condo building to be located off Wincopin Circle in the Lakefront zone. Though the public will not be able to speak at the meeting, those who are interested and don't have to work during the day can observe the meeting.

The current proposal for the building is for half million to a million dollar condos. This seems completely out of character with the mixed income housing the community said they wanted at the charrette. The community said they wanted all of downtown to be mixed income. If we do not do mixed income at the building level, then the buildings that are lower income will have a harder time raising the money necessary for maintenance and the potential for blighted buildings increases. It is in the community's interests to have all downtown buildings be mixed income and certainly a building of this size that will be kicking off the redevelopment of downtown should including mixed income.