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Planning board praises entry redesign for The Citizen at 602 W. Buffalo, presses developers on garage security and supportive-services plan
Summary
Developers of The Citizen at 602 W. Buffalo presented revised plans that move a secondary residential entry, add a wrapped mural and change garage screening. Board members applauded accessibility improvements but pressed for more detail on parking/gate security, lighting, landscaping and on-site supportive services for the project’s supportive-housing units.
Developers presented revisions to The Citizen at 602 West Buffalo — a proposed infill residential and retail building — aiming to make the street corner and ground floor uses clearer and more accessible.
At the Jan. 27 Planning and Development Board meeting, project architect Bear said the team had moved a secondary residential entry to the north side of the building and consolidated the retail corner to create a single, more legible primary entrance. He described a canopy, a mural “wrapping the corner” and a widened lobby that will connect ADA parking to the street entry. “We do have the entry for the parking garage portion… and the ground level area, both through the resident entry and the retail space,” Bear said during the presentation.
The developer also told the board the…
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