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Clarias Partners presents plan for light‑industrial park on Northwest Broad; staff flag traffic and zoning steps
Summary
Clarias Partners outlined a master‑planned light‑industrial park for the former Legacy Sports/court property on Northwest Broad Street, estimating 650–700 jobs and arguing property‑tax benefits and infrastructure access. Staff and commissioners raised truck‑traffic, cross‑dock, and rezoning (PID) questions.
Clarias Partners presented a conceptual plan to convert the former court/Legacy Sports parcel on Northwest Broad Street into a master‑planned light industrial park, saying the project would deliver jobs and unlock adjacent parcels through new public roads and utility improvements.
"These types of developments equal jobs," Craig Daniger, a principal with Clarias Partners, said during a short slide presentation, adding the firm was "targeting a median of, an estimate amount of 650 to 700 jobs" for development at the scale being discussed. Daniger also told the workshop Clarias has "executed on over 2,000,000,000 worth of vertical developments" in its history.
Staff framed the request as a conceptual workshop item because the city’s Cherry Lane corridor study and future land‑use map are under reconsideration; recent corridor recommendations showed a general industrial designation for the area. Staff and Clarias said the site is currently zoned Commercial Highway (CH) and that the applicant anticipates filing for a Planned Industrial Development (PID) that would formalize design commitments.
Commissioners focused questions on truck traffic and so‑called "cross‑dock" operations. Staff defined cross‑docking as operations where "trucks parking on two different sides of the buildings ... swapping up cargo very quickly," producing much truck movement. Staff said cross‑docking was discouraged given limited access to Bridal and Broad Street; the applicant said most proposed buildings would be single‑loaded and that only one building in the concept would have docks on both sides to reduce intense truck circulation.
Clarias also presented fiscal projections and infrastructure commitments, including a rule‑of‑thumb property‑tax claim that "for each $1 of property tax revenue generated, there's only 60¢ worth of cost associated with providing services" for these kinds of properties, and said its plan would reserve stormwater detention and buffers along the Stones River. The applicant said internal streets would be built and dedicated to the city to extend connectivity.
No rezoning application was before the bodies at this conceptual workshop; staff emphasized this meeting was for feedback and that any PID application would return with legally required notices and hearings.
