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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The space currently tapped for this is right on Wisconsin which is high traffic and very dense. The Idaho Ave spot is nestled in a neighborhood. Much better. 
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My thought is that the Wisconsin space will be fought over tooth and nail by developers.[/quote]

Someone told me part of the push behind Wisconsin Avenue site is that it allows the developers to circumvent the current SFH zoning for that parcel.   [/quote]

Currently proposed site could very easily be a loser at zoning. Bowser is trying to up zone R-1-B  (single family) to R-5 (apartment). At the very least they are looking at a construction injunction, Bowser didn't do homework.[/quote]

This is part of the proposal trickery I don't quite understand.  From the earlier thread, it seems that the reason the shelters will be built without bathrooms or kitchens in the apartments is to evade the single family housing requirements by qualifying for  a currently existing exception to single family housing for dorms and boarding houses.  But to make this work for the financial benefit of the developers, the zoning will be changed from single to mult-family at some point.  What I understood is that the zoning will change at the end of the twenty or thirty year lease, at which point the shelters could be razed and replaced with apartments.

This is just what I gathered earlier, but would love someone more knowledgeable to spell this out in more detail.[/quote]

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