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Developer presents Brookwood of Lapeer concept: 117 lots, 4.1 acres of open space; commissioners press on rentals and access

Lapeer City Planning Commission · November 14, 2025
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Summary

Allen Edwyn Homes gave a conceptual review of the Brookwood of Lapeer, proposing 117 lots on about 30.34 acres with a 4.1-acre central open space. Residents and commissioners pressed the developer on potential rental concentrations, incentive requests (TIF), and construction/road access.

The Lapeer City Planning Commission heard a conceptual presentation Nov. 13 from Allen Edwyn Homes on the Brookwood of Lapeer, a proposed 30.34-acre single-family condominium community that the developer said would include 117 lots and roughly 4.1 acres of central open space.

Ben Keller, planning staff, told the commission this meeting was a nonbinding conceptual review (step 1) and that any formal approvals would require preliminary and final site-plan submissions and City Commission action. "There is no vote to approve or deny this conceptual plan tonight," Keller said.

Aaron Bessemer, representing Allen Edwyn Homes, described the layout as a phased project with sidewalks on all streets, pathways that could yield a roughly one-mile walking loop, a playground and a proposed soccer field in a central…

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