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Topeka council sets hearings for Project View and California Crossing, advances 3D‑printed homes RHID
Summary
Council set Feb. 3 public hearings for Project View (an uptown 192‑unit apartment RHID) and a proposed Community Improvement District at California Crossing; council also approved an initial RHID resolution for 3D Homes, a developer proposing spin‑cast/3D‑printed walls for approximately 80 workforce units across three city sites.
The Topeka City Council on Dec. 16 set statutorily required public hearings for two incentive —district proposals and advanced an initial RHID resolution for a 3D‑printing home developer.
Deputy City Manager Braxton Copley described Project View as a market‑rate apartment development bounded by Van Buren and Jackson with 192 dwelling units; the council set a public hearing for Feb. 3 at which staff will present a development agreement, parking plans and land‑purchase terms. Copley said the Kansas Department of Commerce has approved the district application for review and staff will bring detailed documents to the Feb. 3 hearing.
On a separate item, staff asked council to set a public hearing for a Community Improvement District at the Southeast corner of California Avenue and 29th (California Crossing) to support site improvements and redevelopment of a shopping center; the hearing was set for Feb. 3. Copley said the ordinance and development agreement would be returned at that hearing along with the CID financing rate as recommended in staff materials.
Council also adopted a resolution advancing step‑one review of an RHID application from 3D Homes covering three noncontiguous sites in Topeka. Copley told the council the developer plans to use spin‑cast/3D concrete printing for walls, which staff and inspection teams are reviewing. "When they work out the bugs, they're looking at 2 to 3 days to actually print the home," Copley said. Staff described an approx. total of 80 units across the sites and said the program aims for workforce housing targets.
Council members asked detailed questions about inspection protocols, code compliance under the International Residential Code and whether units would be sold or rented; staff said the developer intends to sell units but purchases could result in rental occupancy. Council approved the RHID resolution to proceed to the commerce department review.
