Developer to Add to Apartment Complex in Imperial
Date Posted: September 5, 2023
Posted In: Projects,
From Leader Publications: The developer of an apartment complex in Imperial has gotten the go-ahead to expand.
The Jefferson County Council voted 5-1 Aug. 14 to approve a rezoning request and development plan from G’Sell Contracting Inc. of Imperial that will allow the developer to add two more buildings with a total of 20 more apartments at its Park West development off the I-55 West Outer Road south of Main Street in Imperial.
In June 2019, the County Council approved a rezoning request for Park West, and those plans included seven buildings with 84 two- and three-bedroom apartment units to be built on the vacant 5.47-acre lot behind the Imperial Post Office and First State Community Bank.
Park West is now being built, with four of the buildings fully occupied and the others in the final phases of construction.
G’Sell plans to expand the development on 2.48 acres of vacant land behind the bank. To do so, it needed to rezone 1.03 acres from non-planned community commercial to planned mixed residential, matching the rest of the lot.
Prior to the County Council approving that rezoning, the Jefferson County Planning and Zoning Commission, which advises the council on land-use issues in unincorporated parts of the county, voted 6-2 on July 13 to recommend approval.
At that P and Z board meeting, Igor Gusev of Henneghan and Associates of Arnold, which drew up the plans for the original complex and the proposed expansion, said, “Overall, the project is a great success. It’s going very well in that area, so the owner would like to expand on this project.”