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Livonia council reviews Meijer-townhome planned development; staff asked to secure timeline and surety
Summary
Council members pressed developers and staff on timing and guarantees for a planned 75,466 sq. ft. Meijer and a 102-unit townhome phase at 33500 W. 7 Mile, discussed traffic signal timing under Wayne County jurisdiction, and sought assurances that residential construction will follow retail as agreed.
The Livonia City Council spent extended time discussing a planned general development for 33500 West 7 Mile that would include a 75,466-square-foot Meijer grocery store and a 102-unit multifamily townhome project.
Council members and staff focused on two central issues: a requested modification that would allow the grocery store construction to proceed independent of a requirement that at least 30 percent of dwelling units be built first, and the timing and location of a traffic signal on Farmington Road, which is under Wayne County jurisdiction. "Paragraph 1.2 ... essentially states that the construction schedule of the 2 phases of this development, the residential and the retail, would occur independent of each other," planning staff said, adding an August 2026 deadline for issuing permits for the residential phase.
Why it matters: the site is a large redevelopment of a longtime…
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