The Fishers Plan Commission sent a unanimous favorable recommendation to the City Council, moving forward a residential component of The Yard culinary development, to be located near IKEA.  Developer Thompson Thrift had requested a text amendment allowing 255 residential units be added to a mixed use structure in the project.

Attorney Steve Hardin, representing the developer, told commission members that construction on The Yard should begin in earnest during April of this year, with an opening of The Yard expected in 2019.

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Plan Commission members also gave a unanimous favorable recommendation to a $20 million senior housing project with 160 units.  If all goes as scheduled, construction will begin in 2019, with 12-18 months needed to completion.  The development is planned in Parkside, between 126th and 131st Streets, in what is now a wooded area near the Texas Roadhouse restaurant.

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39 acres of land located on the southeast corner of 113th Street & Florida Road received a unanimous favorable recommendation from the Plan Commission for a zoning change from residential to open space, but not before several objections were raised in the public hearing from residents in the Luxhaven neighborhood.  Luxhaven has existed in that location since 1946 and many of the residents are concerned about the possibility of the city constructing a park on the 39 acres.

City Planning and Zoning Director Tony Bagato says the city has a long-term idea to put a park on that 39-acre tract, but has no immediate or current plans to do so.

Luxhaven residents also raised concerns about a pedestrian bridge that would bring foot traffic near their homes.  Plan Commission President Warren Harling said the commission has no legal jurisdiction over bridges, but City Councilor Pete Peterson, also a Plan Commission member, made it clear he would not favor a pedestrian bridge near the Luxhaven homes.