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Developer outlines 108‑unit downtown mixed‑use plan; council presses on water, financing and property control
Summary
Developer John Sarge presented a proposed 108‑unit mixed‑use redevelopment for a burned downtown lot in Lindsay City, saying financing would rely on grants, loans and private capital and the parcel appraisal is $390,000. Council and the public pressed for water‑supply analysis and contractual safeguards before any sale or transfer of the city parcel.
Developer John Sarge told the Lindsay City Council he and partner Jim Doty seek to redevelop a fire‑lot in downtown Lindsay with a mixed‑use complex of retail on the ground floor and 108 residential units above, including subterranean parking.
"We are proposing a 108‑unit apartment complex on top and a mall subterranean, at the base for mixed use project," John Sarge said during his presentation. He told council the parcel appraisal is $390,000 and that the estimated development cost would be in the tens of millions, which they described in discussion as roughly in the $40 million…
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