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—The Blue Springs City Council will hold a public hearing and vote Monday for an amended housing development plan on the south part of town — and neighbors outside of city limits have renewed concerns.
Neighbors share renewed concerns about proposed Blue Springs housing development ahead of city council vote Neighbors share renewed concerns about proposed Blue Springs housing development ahead of city council vote
CJR Builders and IMR Homes will present the updated plan for Sullivan Ranch, a proposed single-family home neighborhood at SE Wyatt and SE Litchford Rd that failed to pass last fall. The latest plans did not get a recommendation from the city’s Planning Commission at its recent meeting.
Last fall, CJR Builders proposed building 218 homes on 70 acres. The developers have reduced the plan to 151 homes with larger lot sizes after hearing concerns from neighbors. The lot sizes still aren’t large enough for neighbors liking, but Charles Robinson, president of CJR Builders and IMR Homes, said the housing market doesn’t call for that.
“Now you’re looking at price point of homes that’s going to be well over a million dollar homes. The comps in that area currently, that the neighboring communities are talking about, their homes fit within the price point of what we’re currently looking to propose to build,” said Robinson, referring to the selling prices of the proposed homes being between $500,000 – $800,000…