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Osborne Trails PUD returns with 104 townhomes and a 70,000-square-foot entertainment venue; plan commission hearing scheduled
Summary
Developers reintroduced an amendment to the Osborne Trails Planned Unit Development to permit up to 104 townhomes and a proposed indoor-outdoor commercial recreational facility (working name “GPS dot fun”). The council received the introduction and staff and the petitioner will present at the Plan Commission public hearing on May 5.
Russell Brown, an attorney with Clark Quinn, returned to the council to present a substantially revised Osborne Trails planned unit development amendment that would allow up to 104 two-story townhome dwellings and a commercial recreational facility on about 25 acres northeast of 190 First Street and Horton Road.
Brown described the entertainment use as an indoor-outdoor commercial recreational facility tentatively called GPS dot fun. “Upon completion, this use would add about 70,000 square feet of activity space,” Brown said, listing proposed attractions including laser tag, axe throwing, escape rooms, electronic darts, arcade offerings, a full kitchen and bar, outdoor miniature golf (about 36 holes) and an aerial outdoor adventure course (the Sky Veil).
Brown and the project team said the proposal is a reimagining of a project the council considered last August; the revised plan aims to provide a residential buffer of townhomes between the commercial uses along 190 First Street and the existing neighborhood to the north, while adding a regional entertainment destination near the distillery.
Jess McKinney, division president for David Weekley Homes, said the townhomes would be two-story rear-load units with attached two-car garages and that sales prices would likely be in the mid-$300,000 to $400,000 range. The development team emphasized pedestrian and trail connectivity that would link the new uses with existing amenities and Grand Park.
Councilors asked for clearer architectural exhibits, tighter definitions of the entertainment facility’s design and assurances that amenity and buffer elements would be enforceable in the PUD. Councilor Patrick Tam and others praised the project team for responding to earlier feedback and urged staff and the petitioner to refine renderings and PUD exhibits before the Plan Commission review.
The item was introduced; a public hearing and Plan Commission review are scheduled for May 5. The council took no final vote on the PUD at this meeting.
