Business Flex condo units OK’d
Township Supervisor Chuck Curmi noted that the building plan was “somewhat unique. We’ve never had anything quite like this in Plymouth Township,” he noted. The new 41-unit "mini-flex" condominium development will include warehouse-style units that will be for sale and can house a wide variety of businesses. Residential use will be prohibited.
The units will range, developer Mark Roberts said, from 1,200 to 2,000 square feet, with expected sale prices between $300,000 to $500,000, depending on size and build-out. The new construction is planned for a 6-acre site near Schoolcraft Road and Haggerty.
Plymouth Flex Condominiums will fill a vacant 6-acre parcel off Schoolcraft Road east of Haggerty. The units will be small, individual warehouse-style spaces designed for light manufacturing and business storage to personal workshops and offices. The units will have steel doors, masonry walls and high windows. Management is expected to be through a condominium association of owners.
Roberts told the board members that he expects the development to be an active place. After lengthy discussion regarding the acceptable or permitted uses, the brewery designation remained intact with trustees noting that the lack of a storefront would not attract clients looking for a drinking or eating establishment.
The project was approved by a vote of 5-2, with trustees John Stewart and Sandy Groth opposed to the development. Each expressed concern regarding the wide range of uses allowed at the new project and the inability of the township to make changes to permitted uses in the future.
