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90 single-family residences on 13 acres proposed for Orchard Station in Greenwood Village EXCLUSIVE BY FREDA MIKLIN STAFF WRITER
On Thursday, May 15, Century Communities, the ninth largest homebuilder in the United States, will host a neighborhood input meeting to present its plan for The Village at Landmark, a new development comprised of 90 single-family detached homes on the 13.1-acre parcel of land just south of the Landmark Towers that it has owned for 10 years. The meeting is set for 6:00 p.m. at Greenwood Village City Hall, 6060 S. Quebec Street.
A 23-page preliminary development application has been filed with the city, laying out the details of what Century hopes to build. Century expects to submit a formal application for the project after it considers and incorporates community feedback it receives at the neighborhood input meeting. The property on which Century is proposing to build is zoned Town Center, which allows residential development, but requires a special use permit. After the application is reviewed by the city’s com-
Rendering of what The Village could look like.
The Village at Landmark Plan 1
munity development department, it is sent to the Planning & Zoning Commission. There, a public hearing is held, followed by P & Z voting on whether to recommend the project be issued the special use permit. That recommendation, which is not binding, is sent to the GV City Council, which then holds its own public hearing before voting on whether to issue the special use
permit that would allow the project to go forward. City council could also recommend changes to the proposal during its deliberations that the developer might accept to gain a yes vote. The preliminary application can be found on the GV website using the city’s Development Activity Map. Although GV only requires property owners within 2,000 feet of the boundary lines of the proposed development to be notified of the neighborhood input meeting, the meeting is open to all members of the public
and Century Communities welcomes input on its plan from all interested parties, especially GV residents. Residences in The Village, which is planned to be gated, will be accessed from East Berry Avenue and Greenwood Plaza Boulevard. Basic homes will be three stories tall and feature small private back yards. They are envisioned as having brick on all four sides of the building. Standard two-car garages in the back of the houses, Continued on page 6
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