Walgreens To Build New Store At Corner Of Center, Argonne
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
Walgreens' representatives have forwarded plans for a 14,560-square-foot building at the corner of Center Street and Argonne Road, in Warsaw, according to city planner Jeff Noffsinger.
The property extend from Center to Market streets and from Roosevelt Street to Argonne Road, a city block.
Options to purchase six residences along Argonne, Market and Roosevelt and the former Hickory Creek building have been finalized.
"They feel the best location is on the southwest corner of Argonne Road and Center Street," Noffsinger said during Monday's Warsaw city council meeting. "They were interested in being on the east end of town."
The announcement provides the city with an opportunity to make improvements at the Argonne Road/Center Street and Parker Street intersection.
A sketch made on an aerial photograph showed a significantly wider street, cutting into the southwest corner of Argonne Road and Center Street and the northeast corner of Center and Parker streets. Improvements to that corner have been studied and discussed many times over the last two years. The Indiana Department of Transportation has provided grant money for reconstruction. Engineering costs would be the city's responsibility.
The council's 2003 budget has $35,000 earmarked for professional services. Bonar and Associates Engineers in Fort Wayne has provided a couple of free designs. The council made no decisions during prior presentations.
Noffsinger said the pharmaceutical company wants to move fast on the project. He said he would ask them to submit a request for a use variance in the mixed (commercial and residential) zone at the April 28 meeting. The plan commission would review the overall site plan.
Warsaw Board of Zoning Appeals president Bruce Woodward attended the meeting, saying that board based a number of past decisions following the comprehensive master plan. They recently denied a request by a business to move into that area because the majority of the property is zoned R-3.
"We also approved a homeless shelter for the former nursing home and recommended vegetative screening, I would like to see that there," he said.
Noffsinger said a use variance, instead of a rezoning, gives the city more control over development of the site.
Councilman Joe Thallemer said he felt like the news was being sprung upon him.
"I'd like a lot more information about use variances versus rezoning," Thallemer said.
Council president Jerry Patterson said he wants an opportunity to talk to the residents in the neighborhood. [[In-content Ad]]
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Walgreens' representatives have forwarded plans for a 14,560-square-foot building at the corner of Center Street and Argonne Road, in Warsaw, according to city planner Jeff Noffsinger.
The property extend from Center to Market streets and from Roosevelt Street to Argonne Road, a city block.
Options to purchase six residences along Argonne, Market and Roosevelt and the former Hickory Creek building have been finalized.
"They feel the best location is on the southwest corner of Argonne Road and Center Street," Noffsinger said during Monday's Warsaw city council meeting. "They were interested in being on the east end of town."
The announcement provides the city with an opportunity to make improvements at the Argonne Road/Center Street and Parker Street intersection.
A sketch made on an aerial photograph showed a significantly wider street, cutting into the southwest corner of Argonne Road and Center Street and the northeast corner of Center and Parker streets. Improvements to that corner have been studied and discussed many times over the last two years. The Indiana Department of Transportation has provided grant money for reconstruction. Engineering costs would be the city's responsibility.
The council's 2003 budget has $35,000 earmarked for professional services. Bonar and Associates Engineers in Fort Wayne has provided a couple of free designs. The council made no decisions during prior presentations.
Noffsinger said the pharmaceutical company wants to move fast on the project. He said he would ask them to submit a request for a use variance in the mixed (commercial and residential) zone at the April 28 meeting. The plan commission would review the overall site plan.
Warsaw Board of Zoning Appeals president Bruce Woodward attended the meeting, saying that board based a number of past decisions following the comprehensive master plan. They recently denied a request by a business to move into that area because the majority of the property is zoned R-3.
"We also approved a homeless shelter for the former nursing home and recommended vegetative screening, I would like to see that there," he said.
Noffsinger said a use variance, instead of a rezoning, gives the city more control over development of the site.
Councilman Joe Thallemer said he felt like the news was being sprung upon him.
"I'd like a lot more information about use variances versus rezoning," Thallemer said.
Council president Jerry Patterson said he wants an opportunity to talk to the residents in the neighborhood. [[In-content Ad]]