Three hours and 15 speakers into a public hearing with many more signed up and ready to rip, the Lakeland City Commission had heard enough: Overwhelming public opposition may not qualify as “substantial and competent evidence” needed to deny a development proposal in a quasi-judicial proceeding under Florida statutes, but it can sure compel elected […]
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City OKs 252 Apartments, the First of Several Complexes Proposed for Southwest Lakeland
The Lakeland City Commission Monday green-lighted a land-use change and development plan to allow Mosaic Development to build a 252-unit apartment complex at the southwest corner of West Pipkin and Yates roads. The 4-2 approval came after a public hearing that included little opposition, but despite concerns raised by dissenting Commissioners Sara Roberts McCarley and Bill Read […]
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Three Projects Propose 1,000 Apartments in Southwest Lakeland
The Lakeland City Commission Monday will review Mosaic Development’s proposal for a 252-unit apartment complex at West Pipkin and Yates roads, the first of several coalescing large multifamily projects in southeast Lakeland set to go before it in the coming months. Coming down the pike: Two evolving projects that could allow for nearly 700 more apartment units […]
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Lake Miriam Apartments Hearing Will Likely Be Delayed Two Weeks
The city of Lakeland’s public hearing and decision on a proposed 244-unit apartment complex at the Lake Miriam Shopping Center originally scheduled for March 21 will likely be postponed until April 4.
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Lakeland CRA Assembling Small Midtown Lots to Support a ‘Large-Scale Project’
The Lakeland Community Redevelopment Agency is cobbling together small, mostly vacant lots in an effort to support investment interest in “a large-scale project” in the Parker Street neighborhood.
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Petition Makes Noise: FAA’s Approval of Amazon Expansion Set for Mediation
Traffic is a snarly issue in Lakeland with growth not only congesting a stressed road grid, but filling the skyscape with aircraft coming and going from city-owned Lakeland Linder International Airport.
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Lakeland Commission Gets First Look at Hotly Contested Lake Miriam Apartment Plan
Lakeland city commissioners today got their first official look at a controversial zoning proposal that would allow a 244-unit apartment complex to be built next to the Lake Miriam Square Shopping Center.
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Several Proposals Would Rezone Commercial Land to Residential
Several current land-use decisions facing the city of Lakeland involve turning property that was once intended for commercial uses into single-family or apartment communities. Planners say this both staves off future traffic impacts on already congested roads and boosts workforce housing that employers say is needed to sustain economic development.
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City Gets Pledge from Marijuana Producer to Control Odors
The Lakeland Planning & Zoning Board Tuesday approved Revolution Global’s plan to operate a medical marijuana production plant in a 109,000-square-foot warehouse on a 14.5-acre parcel in an industrial park near Carillion Lakes. It turns out city approval wasn’t really needed.
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Planning Board Approves Lake Miriam Apartments; Next Stop: City Commission
The Lakeland Planning & Zoning Board today approved a controversial zoning change that will allow a proposed 244-unit apartment complex to be built next to Lake Miriam Square Shopping Center. Without the zoning change, 40,000 square feet of additional commercial space could be built on the currently vacant between the shopping center and Lake Miriam […]