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Plan commission approves 160‑unit Redwood Apartments primary plat with curbing waiver
Summary
The Anderson City Plan Commission approved petition 8-26, a primary plat for a 160‑unit Redwood Apartments development valued at about $35 million, granting a waiver from the curbing requirement and noting the site’s recent rezoning to R4.
The Anderson City Plan Commission on July 28 approved petition 8-26, a primary plat submitted by Redwood USA LLC and GRZ Land LLC for a 160-unit apartment development to be called Redwood Apartments Neighborhood Subdivision. Staff told the commission the project is a proposed $35,000,000 development on a roughly 26.52-acre Lot 1 and will be constructed over seven to eight years with rents projected to range from $1,600 to $2,600 per month.
Staff noted the comprehensive plan designates the site as low-density residential (single-family), so the proposed apartments conflict with the plan’s existing land-use guidance, but recommended approval of the primary plat with a waiver to the curbing requirement. “This is a proposed $35,000,000 apartment complex,” the staff presentation said, describing utilities on site and the internal design (private streets, sidewalks planned on one side, and a central detention easement to manage stormwater to White River).
Greg Thurman, vice president of acquisitions for Redwood USA (speaker 2), and Josh Kreibler, the project engineer from American StructurePoint (speaker 8), described the design and market positioning. Thurman said the project targets a mix of empty-nesters and young professionals and that internal sidewalks would be ADA‑compliant despite the curbing waiver. “Both are true,” Thurman said when commissioners noted the developer’s marketing statements ranged from empty-nesters to young professionals.
Commissioners asked about maintenance for private streets and the safety of the detention pond; the developer said sidewalks and internal infrastructure would be privately maintained and the pond would be designed per ordinance slopes to mitigate risk. After discussion, the commission voted by roll call to approve the primary plat and grant the requested waiver from curbing requirements; the clerk recorded affirmative votes from the commissioners present and the motion passed.
Staff later noted that the rezoning enabling the plat (from R2 to R4) received its third and final city council approval on June 11, which allowed the primary plat to proceed to the commission. The commission closed the item and moved on to miscellaneous business.
