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Committee approves rezoning to allow Findlay Market operations center at 1813 Race Street
Summary
The Equitable Growth and Housing Committee approved changing zoning at 1813 Race Street from Park and Recreation to a commercial pedestrian corridor to enable a Findlay Market operations center; the proposal drew support from market leadership and some neighborhood opposition over views and alley access.
The Equitable Growth and Housing Committee voted to approve a zone change for 1813 Race Street from Park and Recreation to Commercial Community Pedestrian Transportation Corridor to permit an operations center for the Corporation for Findlay Market.
The zoning change, recommended by the Department of City Planning and Engagement, would allow a four-story mixed-use building the applicant says would house an event room, maintenance garage, a storefront for the Findlay Market shopping app, office and storage space, merchant space on the fourth floor and a retained refuse/waste management area on the north side of the site. "This operation center would include an event room, a maintenance garage, a storefront space for the Findlay Market shopping app," Planner Sophia Ferris Roe said during the presentation.
The proposal is intended to replace the site’s current use as a parking lot and waste-management area.…
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