Warsaw Planners Approve Development Of Upscale Office Complex At North Pointe
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
An eight-acre tract on the south side of North Pointe Drive in Warsaw is on its way to becoming an upscale office complex.
Monday, the Warsaw Plan Commission approved a planned unit development for Prism Properties LLC. The company, headed by developer Brad Jackson, wants to create Keystone Professional Center, a group of 13 office buildings clustered around three parking lots.
Jackson said plans for the buildings, which will range in size from 1,500 to 6,000 square feet, are to house medical, legal and insurance offices. The development would be directly north of Kuder Estates on North Pointe Drive.
Two buildings near the entrance of the development, he said, are being considered for restaurants - one family-style restaurant and possibly one drive-through coffee shop.
Plan commission president Joe Thallemer expressed concern over any traffic congestion the restaurants may cause.
"There's a potential problem with an attractive coffee shop ... and having the school (Harrison Elementary) across the street," he said.
Commission member Jeff Grose also was concerned about restaurants at that location, though he focused on the zoning classification and the density.
The property is zoned R2 (residential), he said, and professional offices are allowed in an R2 zoning. However, the restaurants should be in a commercially zoned area, he said, and that "would be a more liberal dense use."
No remonstrators were present, and the plan commission voted unanimously in favor of the planned unit development.
The commission also discussed the county's western route project, since it will eventually have an impact on Warsaw and surrounding areas.
City Planner Jeff Noffsinger, who worked with the Troyer Group Inc. in designing the proposal and alternatives, explained the individual routes proposed and recommended the route that starts at CR 300S, follows the power lines diagonally to CR 300W and ends north of Warsaw at CR 400N.
That is the preferred route, he said, because it involves little interference with existing structures.
Jackson, who also is a county commissioner, said the bypass "gives us an area for really quality and controlled growth."
"This is an opportunity for the plan commission to plan," Thallemer said, "instead of going back and trying to clean up problems."
Members of the plan commission are Joe Thallemer, Jeff Grose, Jim Gast, Dewey Lawshe, Lacy Francis, Richard Keeven and Alan Clingan. [[In-content Ad]]
An eight-acre tract on the south side of North Pointe Drive in Warsaw is on its way to becoming an upscale office complex.
Monday, the Warsaw Plan Commission approved a planned unit development for Prism Properties LLC. The company, headed by developer Brad Jackson, wants to create Keystone Professional Center, a group of 13 office buildings clustered around three parking lots.
Jackson said plans for the buildings, which will range in size from 1,500 to 6,000 square feet, are to house medical, legal and insurance offices. The development would be directly north of Kuder Estates on North Pointe Drive.
Two buildings near the entrance of the development, he said, are being considered for restaurants - one family-style restaurant and possibly one drive-through coffee shop.
Plan commission president Joe Thallemer expressed concern over any traffic congestion the restaurants may cause.
"There's a potential problem with an attractive coffee shop ... and having the school (Harrison Elementary) across the street," he said.
Commission member Jeff Grose also was concerned about restaurants at that location, though he focused on the zoning classification and the density.
The property is zoned R2 (residential), he said, and professional offices are allowed in an R2 zoning. However, the restaurants should be in a commercially zoned area, he said, and that "would be a more liberal dense use."
No remonstrators were present, and the plan commission voted unanimously in favor of the planned unit development.
The commission also discussed the county's western route project, since it will eventually have an impact on Warsaw and surrounding areas.
City Planner Jeff Noffsinger, who worked with the Troyer Group Inc. in designing the proposal and alternatives, explained the individual routes proposed and recommended the route that starts at CR 300S, follows the power lines diagonally to CR 300W and ends north of Warsaw at CR 400N.
That is the preferred route, he said, because it involves little interference with existing structures.
Jackson, who also is a county commissioner, said the bypass "gives us an area for really quality and controlled growth."
"This is an opportunity for the plan commission to plan," Thallemer said, "instead of going back and trying to clean up problems."
Members of the plan commission are Joe Thallemer, Jeff Grose, Jim Gast, Dewey Lawshe, Lacy Francis, Richard Keeven and Alan Clingan. [[In-content Ad]]