Approved: Former Kmart site to add 340 apartments, 900 bedrooms to Bloomington’s multi-family housing inventory

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Inset map for Latimer Square project.

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If demolition and construction go according to plan, by July of 2023 the former Kmart on Bloomington’s east side will be transformed into a multi-family and student-oriented housing development.

Bloomington’s plan commission gave the project a 7–0 vote of approval at its regular Monday meeting. Monday’s hearing came after one in May that was originally supposed to be continued in June, but was delayed until this week.

The proposal from Trinitas, called The District at Latimer Square, will leave Bloomingfoods in place. But the project will give the grocery store a slightly reconfigured parking lot and sidewalk connections. Continue reading “Approved: Former Kmart site to add 340 apartments, 900 bedrooms to Bloomington’s multi-family housing inventory” →

Bloomington plan commission meets on Kmart redevelopment: “Yes, it’s better. But is it good?”

Locator map for Latimer Square project.

Inset map for Latimer Square project.

At its regular monthly meeting on Monday, Bloomington’s plan commission voted to continue the proposed redevelopment of the Kmart property on East Third Street to its second hearing. That is now set for June 14.

The outcome of Monday’s vote was not exactly hanging in the balance, because the 900-bedroom housing project does not include a rezone request.

That means its approval by the plan commission is “by right”—if it meets the standard conditions required in the MC (mixed-use corridor) zoning district. It also means that the project does not need approval from the city council. Continue reading “Bloomington plan commission meets on Kmart redevelopment: “Yes, it’s better. But is it good?”” →

Second big housing project for Bloomington city council in 2020: 1,000 bedrooms, donation of 45 ready-to-build single-family lots

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A roughly 1,000-bedroom project proposed by Trinitas Development for 39 acres nestled in the southeast corner of the I-69 and SR 45/46 interchange, is headed to Bloomington’s city council for a first reading in the first week of February.

The city’s plan commission gave the planned unit development (PUD) an 8–0 nod of approval at its Jan. 13 meeting. The project includes four housing types: single-family, student-oriented four-story multi-family, duplexes (cottages), and town homes.

It’s coming to the city council, because the project would require a change in zoning, and zoning is part of local law. Any change in local law needs approval from the legislative branch.
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