Planning and Zoning Commission recommends approval of PUD for 401 Inglewood Parkway

Planning and Zoning Commission members voted 7-0 on Jan. 7, 2025, to recommend that City Council approve ZON2024-002, a Planned Unit Development (PUD) rezoning for 401 Inglewood Parkway that would allow the redevelopment of the roughly 6.2-acre parcel into a multi-phase project anchored by a 260-unit apartment building and a potential hotel.

The PUD, submitted by Kimco Realty, would change the site from its existing MUB-1 (Mixed Use, Central Business District) zoning with a Transit Station Area (TSA) overlay to a site-specific planning and development district. The applicant asked to lower the TSA’s minimum density requirement from 75 dwelling units per acre to 40 dwelling units per acre because a drainage easement bisecting the site consumes about 1.1 acres of the property.

Will Charles, Planner II with the Community Development Department, told the commission that the property at 401 Inglewood Parkway was the former Hobby Lobby site and is roughly 6.2 acres. Charles said the PUD application proposes a 4- to 5-story, 260-unit residential building for phase one and a detached parking structure to replace much of the existing surface parking. "This originally came in for a preliminary application meeting back in August of '23," Charles said, and staff recommended support of the PUD with conditions calling for compliance with any affordable housing requirements approved by City Council and certain off-site traffic, ADA and impact-fee measures.

The applicant team described outreach and design. Claire HaVelda, legal counsel for the applicant, said the team conducted…