They didnt post all that I said. The part of building over by Market square a redoing that area instead of leaving it with 6 empty buildings and There is a big building and lots of parking that is an eyesore right now that would be perfect. Oh well at least they asked but will go on and do what they plan on doing. Landlord wont be happy that I spoke and again that is to bad
Plan for CVS stirs debate
By MICHAEL MALIK • mmalik@jconline.com • July 6, 2009
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Lafayette resident Sheryl Dominquez doesn't want to move out of the apartment she rents in the 1700 block of Union Street.
"I don't have a place to go because I don't have the money to move with," Dominquez said.
Also, she's worried about finding a new rental unit that's affordable, close to a bus stop and has good neighbors -- all of which her current home has.
Dominquez might have to move if Lafayette City Council members approve rezoning the land where her apartment sits clearing the way for CVS to build a store on the site bounded by 17th, 18th, Union and Salem streets.
Instead of a new store, Dominquez said, property owners should build new residential units or improve the existing ones.
CVS wants Lafayette's council members, who will consider the rezoning measure today for the first of two votes, to rezone the land from residential to planned development.
The rezoning has already been studied and given the green light by the Tippecanoe County Area Plan Commission despite the objection of some local residents.
GB Indiana 2 LLC, an Indianapolis development company, is applying for the rezoning to allow a 12,900-square-foot CVS drugstore to be built on the site after nearly a dozen single-family homes and apartment structures are purchased and torn down. Two lots on the northwest corner of the site would retain their residential zoning.
Lafayette Mayor Tony Roswarski said he supports the project because of the impact a store there could have on the nearby areas.
"It's a good looking project that will send a message to that part of town that it is alive and well," Roswarski said.
In 2002, four homes in the rezoning area were destroyed by a natural gas explosion. Some of the lots remain empty today.
Lafayette resident Rich Gill lives in the 1700 block of Rainey Street, which is about a block south of where the new drugstore would be built.
Gill, who's lived there for seven years, said he likes the idea of a CVS going in on the site.
"People's property will probably appreciate more," Gill said.
The site's design includes a pedestrian connection through the area, 29 percent of the property will be devoted to greenspace and 70 parking spaces will be available, with more than 30 spaces using pervious concrete to improve stormwater drainage.
The new store would replace an existing CVS drugstore in Lafayette's Market Square shopping center.
