A look at the design for 413 E. Huron unveiled at the Ann Arbor City Council's last meeting on March 18. This shows the signature corner at Division and Huron.
Humphreys & Partners Architects
But the developer behind the controversial 413 E. Huron project is now asking city officials to pull the project from the council's agenda.
In a letter sent to Mayor John Hieftje and council members on Friday, Conor McNally, chief development officer with Georgia-based Carter, requested consideration of his firm's project be rescheduled to the council's April 15 meeting while revisions are being made.
The development team for the controversial 413 E. Huron project unveiled this new design at a March 18 meeting of the Ann Arbor City Council. The project is still opposed by residents who would be in the shadow of the new building.
Humphreys & Partners Architects
"Although not required, we are still revising the 3D rendering that we presented at the last meeting to reflect the further changes we made to the rear elevation since the last meeting," he wrote.
"We believe it would be prudent to give staff additional time to review the revised plans and renderings prior to City Council's review of the site plan."
For now, the council's agenda for Monday night still includes a public hearing and consideration of the site plan for 413 E. Huron. Council members said those items will continue to appear on the agenda because only the council can postpone them.
"Since it's already on the agenda, it will be on the agenda, but I don't see a reason why we couldn't postpone it," Hieftje said.
"I'm encouraged that it appears the developer has been listening to the community and the City Council, and changes are being made in the design," Hieftje added.
Hieftje said "it seems as if they're moving in the right direction," but it's still a relatively dense development and it inevitably is going to face some opposition.
Since a March 18 hearing where several members of the community protested the project, McNally said the development team has continued to receive followup email questions from City Council members about the plans, including 11 questions received this Thursday.
"In order to ensure that we can provide thoughtful and unhurried responses to these questions, we will need more time than would be available from now until Monday, April 1, especially considering the holiday weekend," McNally wrote to council members on Friday.
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