FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A development group has plans to bring a seven-story, mixed-use building to Dickson Street, according to documents submitted to a Fayetteville Technical Plat Review Committee meeting on April 17.
According to the project plans submitted by McClelland Consulting Engineers, Inc. on behalf of developer Trinitas Ventures, the residential building will consist of three basement levels and seven stories above ground.
Located at 151 W. Dickson Street, the project would include retail, parking, apartment, and outdoor amenities.
Before approval can be given, senior planner for the City of Fayetteville Gretchen Harrison said certain criteria need to be met.
"We're looking at compliance with our parking standards, compliance with our architectural design standards," Harrison said. "They are subject to a lot of requirements that we have, so we're checking to make sure that they're meeting all of those."
During the meeting, several city employees shared their concerns about the plans that were submitted for the proposed 61,661-square-foot building.
"My biggest thing was that we didn't receive any building floor plans," Harrison said. "We didn't have any sort of sense of how the interior of the building was laid out and they do have a parking garage in the building, and so we needed that information to understand how they're meeting all of those requirements."
Harrison added that the review committee follows specific guidelines when approving large-scale projects like this one.
"The Planning Commission can only deny a development if it would violate local ordinances, state statutes, or federal laws, and if the developer refuses to comply with conditions that they approved,” Harrison said.
The committee tabled the project to discuss at the next committee meeting on May 1. In the meantime, Harrison said that the developers and their engineers have time to address the city’s concerns and resubmit updated plans.
Harrison said it is common for initial plans to be tabled to allow developers to rework their plans to meet the city's requirements.
If approved, the project will head to the Subdivision Committee where the public will be allowed to weigh in, according to Harrison.
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