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Commission discusses project on Brown, I-195 land

the I-195 Redevelopment District.

BY RHEA RASQUINHA METRO EDITOR

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Morgan’s courses, the article said, attempted to provide students with the “chance to integrate (their) understanding of the various intellectual disciplines and to establish meaningful relations among the diverse forms of human intellectual experience.”

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Representatives from developer CV properties presented their proposal for a project combining I-195 Redevelopment District parcels 14 and 15 and the adjacent University property at 198-200 Dyer St. at the I-195 Commission’s meeting Wednesday.

The proposal was first announced in an April 12 University press release, The Herald previously reported. “It‘s the very beginning of the process, but I think it’s something we should all feel pretty good about,” said Commission Chairman Marc Crisafulli.

Development plan zoning, which includes a building height limit of 130 feet and no parking minimum, according to Caroline Skuncik, executive director of

The adjacent land included in CV properties’ proposal is subject to city zoning, with a height limit of 100 feet and a potential 30-foot bonus if “public benefits” such as active ground uses, publicly accessible open space and structured parking are provided, Skuncik explained. The downtown city zoning area also has no parking minimum.

According to Skuncik, discussions have begun with the developer and the city regarding the review process, which would be overseen by both the Downtown Design Review Committee and the Commission.

The proposal, which was due in February, followed a request for proposals issued in early October. The proposal includes a purchase price of $600,000 for the two parcels, and CV properties is seeking a tax stabilization agreement, which has been granted to other projects in the district, said Alexandra phillips, vice president of development at CV properties. Though the proposal includes land currently owned by the

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