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re: Rouzan TND zoning pulled
Posted on 3/11/14 at 3:05 pm to Lsucountrytiger
Posted on 3/11/14 at 3:05 pm to Lsucountrytiger
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It'll be old people houses. Nobody wants to start a family in a small house with no yard.
But you can shake your neighbor's hand without leaving the house.
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Posted on 3/11/14 at 3:06 pm to Geauxld Finger
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So theoretically you can walk to the grocery/drug store, and not have to get in the car and drive there, congesting roads in the process.
The buzzword is THEORETICALLY. The reality is the people in TNDs will still get in their cars and drive places just like before, creating more conjestion because of the higher population density. I'm sure Rouzan is a nice place, but it is horribly planned.
Posted on 3/11/14 at 3:06 pm to Lsucountrytiger
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It'll be old people houses. Nobody wants to start a family in a small house with no yard.
the bigger homes have yards. the smaller homes with zero lot lines have nice patios and small yards. I'd be perfectly fine with that. I don't need 40 acres.
Posted on 3/11/14 at 3:07 pm to tom
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But you can shake your neighbor's hand without leaving the house.
My wife and I walked through one of these TNDs a while back; you can shake your neighbor's hand without leaving the toilet. The houses we looked at were nice, but small and pricey.
This post was edited on 3/11/14 at 3:11 pm
Posted on 3/11/14 at 3:07 pm to LuckySo-n-So
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It amazes me that people are still willing to do business with Spinosa or Spinosa-related companies and projects.
This!
Posted on 3/11/14 at 3:08 pm to Supermoto Tiger
If the TND has been pulled and that rezoning is invalid, then does anyone know what is the property now zoned?
Posted on 3/11/14 at 3:09 pm to theBeard
Several? There aren't that many houses there to begin with. They are in the process of building bigger houses, but most aren't that big.
Posted on 3/11/14 at 3:12 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
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The buzzword is THEORETICALLY. The reality is the people in TNDs will still get in their cars and drive places just like before, creating more conjestion because of the higher population density. I'm sure Rouzan is a nice place, but it is horribly planned
I say that because im basing it off people here. In other areas people walk and bike. Its moves like this that aim to change the bad suburban cultures of areas. There is always initial resistance.
Posted on 3/11/14 at 3:12 pm to Lsucountrytiger
the ones carter hill did were real nice size. I would enjoy those houses but not the price tag
Posted on 3/11/14 at 3:12 pm to Geauxld Finger
After every meeting Spinoza puts out different plans on the rest of the property, so you can't put any stock on the future plans. I'll believe it when I see it with Spinoza.
Posted on 3/11/14 at 3:13 pm to Lsucountrytiger
design is always fluid. you run into different issues when you start implementing things. 
Posted on 3/11/14 at 3:25 pm to Geauxld Finger
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The biggest complaint was traffic but Rouzan was actually going to do more to improve that than people realize.
How would moving a hundred-ish more folks into the area improve traffic? Is the plan to have enough of the property to make another Highland-Perkins link? Even then, how does that improve traffic?
To give examples of where I am coming from, has Perkins Rowe improved traffic at Bluebonnet & Perkins? Has Towne Center improved traffic along Corporate, along Jefferson Hwy or their intersection?
This post was edited on 3/11/14 at 3:28 pm
Posted on 3/11/14 at 3:41 pm to Bard
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How would moving a hundred-ish more folks into the area improve traffic? Is the plan to have enough of the property to make another Highland-Perkins link? Even then, how does that improve traffic?
Improving infrastructure, adding in secondary roads and routes that don't make people have to connect to one main road (college/lee) to get anywhere.
Posted on 3/11/14 at 3:59 pm to Geauxld Finger
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college/lee
Lee's problem is that it's the main route to and from the Brightside area to the interstate, WalMart, Towne Center, Perkins Rowe, etc. I don't think a development blocks away will help that. Those new folks will want the same access to the interstate, WalMart, restaurants, Bull Dog, Chimes, Perkins Rowe, etc.
I can't see this doing anything other than creating even more traffic along College from the interstate to Highland unless a major thoroughfare is put through it that links Highland, Perkins, Burbank & maybe even up to Corporate (and an interstate on/off ramp would be NICE).
This post was edited on 3/11/14 at 4:02 pm
Posted on 3/11/14 at 4:07 pm to Bard
well it was linking a ton of streets and taking a lot of congestion off lee. also if something you needed was there, store, restaurant, or business, you don't have to go into the fray.
Adding in secondary routes would ease a lot of burdens, but not saying it solves it. Also adding a turning lane at the very least to lee would be monumental.
Adding in secondary routes would ease a lot of burdens, but not saying it solves it. Also adding a turning lane at the very least to lee would be monumental.
Posted on 3/11/14 at 4:10 pm to Geauxld Finger
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Also adding a turning lane at the very least to lee would be monumental.
This is one of the main reasons I avoid Lee like it's a crazy ex-girlfriend that's gotten fat.
Posted on 3/11/14 at 4:14 pm to LSURussian
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The Library Board is still considering purchasing (for a horribly inflated price) the property that Spinosa owns on Perkins near Pollard.
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Actually NO, that's what they want everyone to think. Sit down to read this... They are no longer considering the FREE piece of land he was going to "donate" that was in the middle of Rouzan. They are very much considering paying him MILLIONS of our tax dollars to buy a different piece that is directly on Perkins. I will seriously blow a gasket if they buy from him. He wants over $3 mill for the property. A commercial realtor I spoke with said it should be priced at around $750k.
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The Library Board is still considering purchasing (for a horribly inflated price) the property that Spinosa owns on Perkins near Pollard.
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I'm pretty sure the Library Board dropped that property off its list of locations to consider. At least, that was what the paper said after the last LB meeting.
Actually NO, that's what they want everyone to think. Sit down to read this... They are no longer considering the FREE piece of land he was going to "donate" that was in the middle of Rouzan. They are very much considering paying him MILLIONS of our tax dollars to buy a different piece that is directly on Perkins. I will seriously blow a gasket if they buy from him. He wants over $3 mill for the property. A commercial realtor I spoke with said it should be priced at around $750k.
This post was edited on 3/11/14 at 4:15 pm
Posted on 3/11/14 at 4:21 pm to jbgleason
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Actually NO, that's what they want everyone to think. Sit down to read this... They are no longer considering the FREE piece of land he was going to "donate" that was in the middle of Rouzan. They are very much considering paying him MILLIONS of our tax dollars to buy a different piece that is directly on Perkins. I will seriously blow a gasket if they buy from him. He wants over $3 mill for the property. A commercial realtor I spoke with said it should be priced at around $750k.
Aww, don't be concerned too much about the Library Board. Money is something they certainly don't seem to have to worry about.
Posted on 3/11/14 at 4:28 pm to hawkster
They are also considering the land behind Pennington along Kenilworth.
The Library Board kept giving Rouzan the run around.
The Library Board kept giving Rouzan the run around.
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