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Samford, Landmark present Creekside master plan; commission and neighbors ask for more public engagement and engineering detail
Summary
Landmark Development and Samford University presented a multi‑phase Creekside District plan including mixed‑use West and institutional East components. The developer requested the cases be carried over to the commission’s next meeting after extended public comment about traffic, watershed protection, salamander habitat and school impacts.
Landmark Development and Samford University presented a multi‑phase Creekside District proposal to the Homewood Planning Commission that would rezone portions of the campus area and authorize a development plan for mixed‑use and institutional uses in the Creekside West and East districts.
Robert Dunn of Landmark Development described the application as the next stage of Samford’s long‑running master plan, a multi‑phase program of roughly “a little over 800,000 square feet” of mixed development that would emphasize pedestrian connections, a proposed pedestrian bridge across Lakeshore Drive, stormwater and watershed stewardship, and “Sanford‑affiliated” residential housing. Dunn said the project team has completed a traffic impact analysis and will continue engineering work and multi‑party…
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