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  1. The basic idea of nice apartments with parking and retail is a good one, but this design seems overwhelmingly big/tall for Broad Ripple. The size could be disguised a bit with lots of big trees/landscaping, but the complex is too massive to blend in easily. That section of canal between College and Westfield will also need to be upgraded on both sides. Nice apartments facing onto a nice promenade with shade trees/plantings could bring together the canal towpath/Monon recreation, the outdoor seating at existing restaurants, and this project into something that upgrades the whole area. A plan for the whole stretch makes more sense than facing nice new housing onto what looks like a ditch. Is there a plan? Does the public have input? Who pays? The apartment idea seems to be reasonable, but Whole Foods is not a good idea for appropriate retail. Besides the store being physically too big, there are already Fresh Market at 54xCollege and Whole Foods in Nora for fancy groceries. Good Earth and Kroger are within walking distance of the Shell site. There are at least 7 grocery stores within a safe bike ride. Whole Foods would add nothing but traffic congestion. This design is on the right track, but there needs to be more work done to ensure that it blends in with and enhances the existing community. A project that large will set a tone for that whole part of town. It could be a real asset, but only if done right.

  2. I did not move to Zionsville to live in Carmel. This and the subsequent developments to follow will ensure a vanilla uniformity of strip malls and apartment buildings as we seek to bring our town down to the least common denominator. We were warned before recent elections that pro-development council members would make sure their friends (landowners and developers) would be able to make their millions off of the exploitation of Zionsville. Why in God's name would we sell out the best preserved small town in the State of Indiana?

  3. This is the type of development that seriously makes me regret moving to Indiana. The only thing Indiana seems to come up with are strip malls married to apartment complexes.

  4. This is mearly the one step forward in the usual 1 forward 3 backwards the the Spudway always takes. Just a tiny bit of good news after no bumpimg, ripping out 11,000 seats and getting bumped off tv for the post horse race. Can't wait to read that Special Ed walled it 20 laps in on Sunday, unless of course the fix is in and step daddy has bought him the win. Nah, he'll wall it like the wanker he is.

  5. What a novel concept! A developer is bringing a plan to the local government, complete with financial impact analyses and full disclosure, to be routed through the appropriate, public approval process. There's no behind the scenes quasi-governmental appointed boards buying up ground, incurring hundreds of millions in debt, and then selecting who can build on it and what. I would expect there will be a request down the line for some type of assistance with basic infrastructure. I have no problem with that if a proper cost benefit analysis is done and it proves beneficial to the local tax base. I bet by the time this project comes on line, and our neighbors to the east see their tax bills skyrocketing to support their White Pacadermium, there may be a bidding war for the last few residential units.

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