10th Street RFP

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The City has issued an RFP for the 3 acres of vacant land along 10th west of Classen that was left over after they cleared out dozens of houses for a street widening project. This is at the very southern edge of the Classen Ten Penn neighborhood.

The RFP responses are due back June 30th and they will be designating the conditional developer(s) in September.

They hope for housing buy will accept mixed use; they also designate structures should be at least 2 stories

The City desires to see this property restored to useful life to support revitalization efforts already taking place in Classen Ten-Penn and the surrounding Plaza and Midtown neighborhoods. The City is offering this property for residential, commercial and/or mixed-use development. The City’s objectives for redevelopment are summarized as follows:
• Neighborhood Compatibility;
• High Quality Architecture and Design;
• Contiguous Development;
• Mixed-Income Housing.

Proposals for redevelopment on all four tracts is preferred but not required. Developers may submit proposals for single or multiple tracts as long as remaining tracts are not singularly isolated. Given this flexibility, The City reserves the right to accept and negotiate with several developers if it meets the objective of holistic development across all four tracts.

The parcels currently being offered constitute the eastern portion of surplus property not used in the roadway upgrade. If redevelopment succeeds on the lots, a second offering for additional tracts between Blackwelder and Virginia Avenue may be provided.