Named after the family that resided on the property for decades, the development’s retail component would include 54,310 square feet of space spread across three separate single-story buildings on approximately nine acres, according to Chris Wunnenberg, director of development for Schumacher Dugan Construction.
Schumacher Dugan purchased the site for $500,000 in 2011, according to the Butler County Auditor’s Office.
Office and retail would be combined into one 19,200-square-foot, single-story building on approximately 4.7 acres.
Tentants would likely include “typical neighborhood retail and office stuff,” such as a dentist or doctor’s office, bank, pizza store, dry cleaning and other neighborhood service type of users, Wunnenberg said.
Plans for the site also include 56 townhomes and 260 luxury apartments on 30 acres.
All aspects of the project will have a residential feel to it, rather than a more commercial look associated with retail and office projects, Wunnenberg said.
“It’ll be very traditional looking,” he said. “Lots of bricks and stone with some garage parking (for residents).”
Town homes will be owner-occupied, Wunnenberg said. One- and two-bedroom apartments would be upscale and feature the amenities associated with luxury housing, such as granite countertops and stainless steel appliances.
“That’s the kind of quality that they’re looking for and basically that’s the kind of tenant that they’re looking to attract to Liberty Twp.,” Wunnenberg said. “Either the young professional single or the young professional couple or the empty-nester who’s got an apartment up here and a condo down in Florida. That type of situation where they don’t want to do the maintenance.”
There also would be a 5,600-square-foot clubhouse, complete with an exercise room, community room and other amenities.
Slightly more than half the site would be green space, featuring walking paths, wooded areas, retention ponds, fountains and a stream
Before any development can happen, the project must receive approval from trustees for zoning map amendment from Residential-Agricultural District to Mixed Use Planned Unit Development District for the 48-acre site, as well as preliminary planned unit development approval.
The project was recommended for approval by the Liberty Twp. Zoning Commission earlier this month and the Butler County Planning Commission in September.
Trustees are scheduled to hold a public hearing on the zone change at their Dec. 15 meeting.
If approved, the project would progress in phases, with infrastructure like sewer, waters, streets and a signalized intersection on Ohio 747 to be completed before any buildings could be constructed.
While some aspects of the project might be ready by 2017, it’s likely that full occupancy wouldn’t occur until 2019, at the earliest.
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