Other Issues Allowable height and density are key issues yet to be resolved. Developers will need to know these answers upfront before making proposals to the City. Height and density are key components of the price a developer will pay the City for the land. With fewer floors in a building, it s better to have fewer uses. A 3-story building with retail, office and residential uses is impractical.
Timing is critical to developers.
The current window of opportunity may not last for four years. If all of the sites are available, the Library site should be retail. If that site is not available, retail should go on the Reservoir site. If those sites are not really available, retail will be more difficult, but not impossible, on the Bredemann sites with or without the Napleton sites. Residential is the easiest and quickest development on the Bredemann sites.