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Developer presents 9‑story Woodward mixed‑use plan; board flags parking, traffic and code questions
Summary
BezTek Companies and Suroke Architecture presented a proposed 9‑story mixed‑use building at Woodward and Maple. The team said the project would provide 444 parking spaces versus roughly 516 required by ordinance; the Planning Board asked for a shared‑parking analysis, traffic review, and environmental site history before advancing.
BezTek Companies and Suroke Architecture presented a pre‑application for a 9‑story mixed‑use building at Woodward and Maple during the Birmingham City Planning Board meeting on Dec. 10.
Sam Besnos, CEO of BezTek Companies, described the firm as a long‑term holder of apartments and senior living across multiple states and introduced an in‑house development and design team. Architect Victor Ciroki said the schematic calls for two levels of underground parking (B2: 152 spaces; B1: 157 spaces), a tall first‑floor retail podium, apartments on floors two through seven (about 190 units), and 27 condominiums on the top two floors for sale.
"By ordinance in the residential requires 260 spaces. The retail will require 55 spaces," Ciroki said, summarizing the ordinance calculation and the project totals. He added that, including bonus floors, the ordinance count is roughly 516 spaces and the…
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