HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-0929; Mike PuckettFrom: Puckett, Mike [mailto:mikep@Sepro.com]
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 11:06 AM
To: Keeling, Adrienne M
Subject: Carmel Consolidated Comprehensive Plan
SePRO Corporation is one of many businesses occupying the Fidelity Plaza office park located on the Southeast
corner of Meridian and 116th Street. As both an occupant and a building owner in the office park, we have been
significantly impacted in a negative manner as a result of the Illinois Street and 116th Street modifications that have
occurred over the last several years. Similar to other buildings in Fidelity Plaza, the occupancy of our office
building has declined significantly in recent years and interest in available space has waned. While we recognize
that several factors play into this trend, feedback from both existing and potential tenants consistently includes
two issues: 1) difficulty in accessing our park due to the requirement to enter from Illinois Street on the west side
of the property/lack of access through Fidelity Plaza’s main entrance on 116th Street and 2) lack of amenities in the
adjoining areas including restaurants, dry cleaners, etc. Currently, everyone doing business on the west side of
Meridian Street is required, at a minimum, to drive east to Pennsylvania Street to reach any significant
retail/convenience shopping area.
After taking time to review the proposed Carmel Consolidated Comprehensive Plan, we have noted that the
property just west of Fidelity Plaza, which would include the property just north of 111th Street, west of Illinois
Street, south of 116th Street and East of Spring Mill Road, is to be zoned residential. From our perspective, it would
be best if this property was zoned as either a Community Vitality Node or a Regional Vitality Node. While some
high‐density housing might be successful in this area, we do not believe zoning the entire area residential will be
the best use of this land as it relates to the surrounding communities, including the businesses in the area. As a
building owner in the area, we would like to see the area just West of Meridian Street between 111th Street and
116th Street become a strong business community; however, this area is being placed at a disadvantage to areas
east of Meridian Street based on the currently planned zoning requirements. We request that you reconsider the
zoning plans for the above referenced area between Illinois Street and Spring Mill Road and zone this area as
either Community Vitality Node or Regional Vitality Node. This zoning will allow for much needed commercial
development in the area.
Regards,
Michael Puckett
Chief Financial Officer
SePRO Corporation
Phone: 317.580.8277
Fax: 317.388.3322
For general information about SePRO, please visit our website at www.sepro.com.
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