Troy planning commission approves preliminary site plan for Zenith mixed‑use project at Wattles and Dequindre

The Troy City Planning Commission on March 11 approved the preliminary site plan for the proposed Zenith retail and multifamily development at the northwest corner of Wattles and Dequindre, voting unanimously to grant approval subject to five conditions.

The project covers approximately 0.7 acre in the neighborhood node E zoning district and calls for a two‑story building with up to six ground‑floor retail suites and six second‑floor apartment units. The commission's motion, made by Commissioner Fox and seconded by Commissioner Malala Holly, listed conditions including bringing the north‑line landscape screening into compliance (add three trees), correcting the bicycle‑parking/landscaping discrepancy, verifying mechanical‑equipment locations, confirming the ‘‘wood’’ material will be a wood composite, and providing transparency calculations for street‑facing glazing between 2 and 8 feet above the first‑floor elevation.

Carlisle, the city planning consultant with Carlisle Votman…