City council shoots down Center Grove townhouses

<p>The Greenwood city council shot down a unique housing complex targeted to young professionals and empty-nesters planned for a busy Center Grove intersection.</p><p>The Greenwood Plan Commission approved rezoning farmland for use by Redwood Acquisitions LLC, an Ohio-based company that develops and manages several rental communities across the Midwest, but the city council said no to the development by a vote of 5-4 because it’s not what they had in mind for the area.</p><p>Redwood wanted to build 186 multi-family, ranch-style townhouses east of State Road 135 and south of Smokey Row Road.</p><p>Council members raised concerns about the style of housing, the uniform look of it and a need for executive-style homes on larger lots.</p><p>The proposed project required the rezoning of about 37 acres between State Road 135 and Honey Creek Road. The site was annexed into Greenwood in 2010, according to city documents.</p><p>All of the homes in this community would have been connected ranch-style units with features similar to a single-family home, including one- or two-car attached garages and patios on the back. They would have ranged in size from 1,100 to 1,600 square feet, and included two bedrooms and two bathrooms. Rents would have ranged from $1,210 to $2,000 per month.</p>