I received an email from Larry Patterson our RNA NW Sector Vice President and I wanted to share his report on the MirAvanti construction project on the West side of our neighborhood.
MirAvanti is a rather upscale cooperative. The 105 units rang in size from a 1007 sq ft one bedroom to a 1,970 three bedroom. Units will be owned by the residents. 30 or more have already been sold. Having a complex like this as a neighbor will be much better than having more apartments like those to the south of us built on the property. Furthermore, although the city zoning ordinance only requires the buildings to be at least 25 feet from the property line, when the Leonards sold the 10 acres they required buildings to be at least 100 feet from property on Trafalgar and Ems Court and 80 feet from Ridgmar Estates. They also required the landscape plan to include a greenbelt with berms and trees to screen the buildings from the adjacent property. Although zoning allowed up to 190 units, the property sale restricted use to only10 units per acre, for a total of 105 units. There will be underground parking and the total height of the building will be about 40 feet above ground level at Ridgmar.
On 6 April a group of residents and I met with Mr. Hunter Bobbitt, Vice President of Clover III Properties L.P. As MirAvanti borders Ems, Ems Court and Trafalgar, the residents on those streets have concerns as to how they will be affected in the future. Mr. Bobbitt stated that MirAvanti will maintain the property between the screening berms and property line. If there is a space between MirAvanti fences and the residents’ adjoining fences MirAvanti will maintain that space. MirAvanti will also insure that storm water is contained and runoff will not flow on to adjacent homeowners’ property. Lighting on the buildings, parking areas and drives will be directed down, or at the buildings, and not out towards the neighborhood, greatly reducing the possibility of light pollution.
Although the project will not be completed until fall 2011, most of the earth moving and rock crushing has been completed, greatly reducing the high volume of noise and dust. They are currently beginning to pour concrete and will begin vertical construction in a month or so.
Happy Trails, DK
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