On Monday, March 26, the Pleasant Prairie Plan Commission considered and sent a recommendation to the Village Board to approve both a Comprehensive Plan Amendment and a Conceptual Plan for the development of a 42-unit senior housing apartment building and an eight-unit multi-family townhome building to be known as Eva Manor. The request was made by Dan Szczap an agent of Bear Development for the development of vacant land located at the southeast corner of 91st Street and Springbrook Road for this project.
The vacant property was formerly intended to be a Condominium Plat in 2007, but with the changing conditions of the market the developer asked for an extension to re-evaluate the project. In 2012 it was approved to vacate the Condominium plat and pursue a senior housing development. With improved market conditions and a need for senior housing the project is now planned to come to fruition.
The Conceptual Plan states that the development will consist of a four story senior apartment building with 42-units of affordable, independent senior housing available to individuals over the age of 55. There will be a variety of 25 one bedroom units and 17 two bedroom units. The average size of a one bedroom unit will be 691 square feet and the average size of a two bedroom unit will be 1,011 square feet. Amenities will include a community room, fitness facilities and an outdoor patio space for gatherings. A second building on the site will be made up of eight, three-bedroom family townhome units averaging 1,312 square feet each. There will be an attached one car garage and an individual entrance for each unit, including an entrance through the garage.
This development will help the Village meet several of its housing element goals to provide a diverse housing supply that meets the Village’s future population needs and will provide affordable housing options for the Village’s aging community in a newly constructed facility.
The site will also include 12 detached garage units as well as 66 parking spaces and four handicapped accessible parking spaces. Trees and landscaping will remain on the south side of the site and landscaping will be provided throughout the development.
The developer anticipates beginning construction in July of 2018 with completion expected in July of 2019.