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Developers present revised 4‑story Livingston proposal; commissioners and neighbors raise concerns over massing, lot coverage and visibility
Summary
Project team for a proposed four‑story apartment building at 251 E. Livingston presented a revised design Aug. 6. The commission provided conceptual feedback on massing, lot coverage, setbacks and visible fourth‑floor elements; several residents and the German Village Society opposed the scale and potential loss of historic open space.
Developers and their design team returned Aug. 6 to present revisions to a conceptual proposal for a multi‑parcel development at 251 E. Livingston (often discussed as “Cedar Square”). The project envisions a four‑story apartment building with roughly 68 units and about 40 parking spaces on a consolidated block formed from multiple historic parcels.
At the Aug. 6 hearing NBBJ architect representatives described changes made since an earlier presentation: additional parking stalls, reduced unit count with larger units, façade articulation to break long elevations into vertical modules and further setbacks along the Livingston frontage. The design team said the fourth floor would be set well back and visually minimized from most pedestrian viewpoints; renderings shown at the meeting placed much of the fourth‑floor mass behind stepped roof forms intended to reduce visibility.
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