Lane Parke doesn’t have a parking shortage, a new city-commissioned study found. It may have a patience shortage.
But some of the extra spots are a quarter-mile away at the Lane Parke Apartments and the Publix parking lot, leaving frustrated shoppers circling and complaining to city leaders.
The mixed-use Lane Parke development, which includes shops, restaurants, apartments and the Grand Bohemian Hotel, was built beginning in 2013 under a planned unit development model with a shared parking design. Residential spaces clear out by day, making room for shoppers, and grocery store parking turns over quickly.
Mountain Brook City Manager Steve Boone said the study results were “a little bit of a surprise,” given the steady stream of complaints from shoppers and business owners that prompted city leaders to order the study…