Public hearing set for West Chester luxury apartment development

WEST CHESTER TWP.

A public hearing will be held Tuesday to consider zoning changes requested by a developer proposing to build luxury apartments, as well as retail and office space off Union Centre Boulevard.

Earlier in 2014, Indiana developer Anderson Birkla Investment Partners LLC submitted plans calling for more than 250 multi-family units, 100,000-square-feet of office space, 20,000-square-feet of retail space and a 406-space parking garage in West Chester Twp. near the intersection of Union Center Boulevard and Centre Pointe Drive.

The project has had several working names, including The Square and iLoft at West Chester.

However, soon after plans were submitted, they were tabled to make changes. Among the reasons to table the plans were concerns about adequate parking spaces, according to zoning records.

Since then, revised plans were submitted in July to the township, also according to zoning records. Scaled-back updates reduced the amount of apartment units from 257 to 247; and reduced office space from 100,000-square-feet to 81,600-square-feet. However, the number parking spaces in an outside private lot was boosted from 85 to 160.

Trustees are scheduled to hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. next Tuesday on the zone change application. Its to be held at the township building, at 9113 Cincinnati-Dayton Road.

The project described as resort-style living would sit on 8.2 acres covering two properties, one zoned for business use and one zoned for commercial planned unit development use.

If trustees approve the zoning changes, it would allow for the combination of residential and business development where now only commercial development is allowed, said Barb Wilson, township spokeswoman.

Butler County Planning Commission recommended approval of the rezoning on June 10 and West Chester Zoning Commission recommended approval of the rezoning July 21.

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Public hearing set for West Chester luxury apartment development