LOUISVILLE — Dozens of residents came out to City Hall on Thursday night to decry a proposed mixed-use development that would put 195 high-end apartments and 10,000 square feet of retail on a 5-acre site where a Safeway store remains empty nearly two years after closing its doors.
Complaints at the Louisville Planning Commission hearing largely centered on the excessive density, additional traffic and degradation of Louisville’s small-town character that opponents feel the project would bring.
The proposal, which would place three residential buildings and two commercial buildings at the corner of South Boulder Road and Centennial Drive, represents the city’s first big redevelopment project outside of the downtown area.
“I believe we have enough high-density units along this stretch of South Boulder Road,” said 35-year-resident Bill Staton. “Adding more high-density units to the area will only bring values down and change the character of the area.”
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