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Land Bank item for duplex development fails after neighborhood opposition
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Summary
A Land Bank proposal to release five single‑family/duplex lots (10th & New Jersey) failed on a 5–2 vote amid neighborhood concerns and calls to re‑engage the neighborhood association; the developer may seek to resubmit after additional neighborhood and NCD review.
The commission, sitting as the Land Bank Board of Trustees, considered a land‑bank disposition for what staff described as duplex development at 10th and New Jersey. The developer completed Land Bank policy requirements and reached out to the neighborhood group; the Struggles Hill Roots neighborhood association objected to multi‑lot development amid ongoing economic uncertainty.
Land Bank staff Michael Sutton said the project had been recommended by Neighborhood and Community Development (NCD) by a 4–1 vote but that neighborhood opposition remained. Commissioners debated whether to approve the sale given those objections. After roll call the motion to approve failed (recorded in the transcript as a 5–2 result that did not carry), leaving the request denied at this meeting. Counsel and staff said the applicant may return with additional neighborhood engagement and that the item can be resubmitted through NCD and placed on a future full commission agenda if requested.
What happens next: the developer may seek to address neighborhood concerns and request that NCD reconsider; the mayor may place a resubmitted item on a future full commission meeting agenda if warranted.
