Playing a little catch up today after spending a whirlwind weekend in NYC.

Anyhow, in case you hadn’t yet noticed, April’s Decatur Focus is out and gives us the most detailed update on the 315 W. Ponce development we’ve seen recently.

In summary, the article states that the developer has removed all curb-cuts (entrances/exits) along Montgomery St and has limited the height along Montgomery to 3-stories in the 90-feet closest to the street (in keeping with current zoning) and transitions up to 5 stories close to the existing office building. Also the idea of a hotel along Ponce has been scraped (due to neighborhood concerns) and more residential has been proposed in its place.

The parking deck and traffic flow continue to be the most contentious issues between the developer and residents.  The article states that the city is commissioning its own traffic study to see how the neighborhood would be impacted.  I still haven’t received word on where the original traffic study, produced by the neighborhood, came from.

I’m still most curious about how this 5-story development will look ascetically next to the 10-story office tower, but I seem to be the only one.  I don’t think I’ll be able to judge that until actual plans become publicly available.