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Developers propose 1.6M sq ft light‑industrial campus on Roosevelt Highway; adjacent homeowners seek details on lighting, traffic and tree clearing
Summary
KMT Partners presented a rezoning request April 7 to change multiple parcels on Roosevelt Highway from AG1 to M1 (light industrial) and to allow three large buildings totaling about 1.6 million square feet. Residents asked about tree clearing, ponds, traffic and lighting.
KMT Partners presented a rezoning request April 7 to change multiple parcels on Roosevelt Highway from AG1 to M1 (light industrial) and to allow three large buildings totaling about 1.6 million square feet. Residents who recently moved near the site asked how development would affect tree cover, nearby ponds and traffic.
Henry Bailey, counsel for KMT Partners, said the site plan was revised to reduce total square footage from an earlier 1.8 million to 1.6 million square feet and that the project has completed a development of regional impact (DRI) review and a full traffic study. “This site is located immediately adjacent to Interstate 85,” Bailey said, noting multiple access points and that the applicant submitted an environmental site analysis as part of the application.
Several homeowners asked whether wetlands or ponds on adjacent parcels would be filled; Bailey said the project would not fill wetlands or streams that the plan identifies. Homeowners also asked about lighting and view impacts in winter months when trees are leafless; the applicant said lighting would not be “stadium lighting,” and staff and counsel said the team would discuss lighting choices and buffers during community outreach.
Residents asked about truck traffic and whether warehouses would run 24/7. Bailey said end users are not yet identified and that traffic patterns would depend on tenants; the traffic study included projected truck movements and was completed for the DRI process. Questions about power and water impacts were raised; the applicant said the kinds of light industrial uses planned are not expected to consume large continuous volumes of water and that final tenant selection would determine operations.
The applicant said some site details remain to be refined and that follow-up community meetings will provide more specific plans and answers. No council action or vote occurred at the April 7 meeting; the presentation was part of the early public-participation phase ahead of formal hearings.
