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Planning commission approves site plan for Murphy Marketplace East addition
Summary
The Murphy Planning and Zoning Commission approved a site plan and building elevations for a new, roughly 65,000-square-foot multi-tenant building at Murphy Marketplace East, allowing construction of three tenant spaces immediately and reserving a fourth for later.
The Murphy Planning and Zoning Commission approved a site plan and building elevations for Murphy Marketplace East, a roughly 2-acre undeveloped parcel at 221 E. FM 544, allowing construction of three of four tenant spaces within a single building totaling more than 65,000 square feet.
The approval, sought by KFM Engineering and Design on behalf of Phillips Edison, was granted by voice vote after a staff presentation and comments from the developer’s representative. Reagan, planning staff, said the proposed building and elevations are in general conformance with the property’s planned-development retail zoning and with prior approvals dating to 2007 and a later 2012 amendment. “The site needs very little engineering work at this point,” Reagan said.
Veil Madewell, director of development for Phillips Edison, told commissioners the company owns the whole center and will manage construction directly. Madewell said two national tenants are ready to occupy the larger tenant boxes and a third would likely follow; the smaller fourth space was left to be built later when demand warrants. “It’s like this beautiful center, but it’s missing its two front teeth because it’s just this vacant area since 02/2007,” Madewell said.
Commissioners asked about building sizes relative to existing tenants and about potential disruption to adjacent businesses. Madewell said Phillips Edison manages contractors and has tenant stipulations about staging and construction impacts. Reagan added that the development is consistent with the approved planned development and that utilities and parking were already accounted for when the site was prepared.
A motion to approve the application was made and seconded; commissioners voted by voice and the motion passed. No roll-call vote with individual tallies was recorded in the transcript.
The approval restores an expired site-plan entitlement so the developer can finish the remaining portion of the marketplace; staff noted only minor engineering comments remain before construction permits proceed.
