Public Hearing: 7200 and 7250 France Avenue (Prelim)

On October 18, 2022, the City Council gave preliminary approval for a revised the PUD-16 Zoning District to include a new overall development plan and site plan review for 7200 and 7250 France Ave.

Orion Investments is proposing a redevelopment of 7200 and 7250 France Avenue. The existing office buildings and parking ramp on the sites would be removed. The existing parking ramp is in a very poor state of repair. The project would be developed in two phases. The first phase would be the construction of a five-story 140,000 square foot office building with underground parking at the 7250 France Site. The 7200 site would include a ponding area, sidewalks, green space, landscaping and potentially surface parking where the future building pad would be. Phase 2 would include a similar sized building in height and square footage, with the future use of housing (150 units) with limited retail.

This site received a rezoning approval to Planned Unit Development-16 in 2019; however, the project approved for the site was never constructed. The underlying, or previous zoning on the site is POD, Planned Office District. The existing PUD would allow two six-story buildings with 299 unit of housing and 30,000 square feet of retail/restaurants and 10 owner occupied townhomes. The previous POD, Planned Office District would allow 113,000 square feet of office/medical office use.

This request would require the following:

• A Ordinance Amendment/Rezoning to revise the existing Planned Unit Development District