The number of units is roughly triple the size of the new Azalea Estates retirement residence next door on Estes Drive. While advertised as “mixed-use”, the residential component represents 98% of Aura.
The Central West Small Area Plan called for a restaurant, coffee shop and additional retail.
This proposed plan does not create an amenity for the community unless there is a coffee shop or restaurant for the public to visit. Who will feel comfortable visiting someone else’s green lawn if there is no place to go?
The Central West Plan allocated densities for all the undeveloped properties. Yet this proposal soaks up all the density that Estes Drive would be able to serve.
According to town studies, residential growth costs the town more in services than the revenue it brings in.
What is the community benefit of another expensive apartment rental complex?