State Thomas residents fear that townhome development threatens Greenwood Ccemetery

[jsoto3]

http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/VideoPlayer/videoPlayer.php?vidId=75152&catId=104
As developers build more town homes and apartments near Greenwood Cemetery in uptown, neighbors fear there's less regard for history. WFAA's Brad Watson reports.

http://www.greenwoodtownhomes.com/

[St-T]

Those townhomes are CRAMMED in that space. It should be interesting to see how well they sell--esp at 800 - 1.2. Also, this has caused prices to drop at JG Moore's West Side project due to the view being blocked in for the "exterior" units.

[hamiltonpl]

I tend to agree with the St-T people on this one. That's a tiny site for 8 townhomes. They need to get some money together to make it a park.

[UrbanHope]

cemetary on one side, walmart on the other.
the only plus is the tax revs.

[St-T]

^And 3 story (plus roofdeck) on the other side... like I said earlier, these are CRAMMED in that space.

[Columbus Civil]

I thought y'all loved density.

[St-T]

^Yep... sure do. And, it shows how popular the 'hood is when they shove 8 townhomes in a tiny space and charge 800 - 1.2 for them. :)

[Insidetheloop]

Is this the same project where they found a bunch of bones during excavation this spring? Kinda freaked everyone out. They ended up being from a cow or a goat or something?

[St-T]

^Nope...that is a Post Condo Project on McKinney and West Grove. This project is on Hall close to State--bounded by the cemetary, Hall, Hugo, and the WestSide townhomes.

[FoUTASportscaster]

I like them and hope they get done, unless they encroach on the cemetary.

[JIMPETERSON2000]

http://www.greenwoodtownhomes.com/ is no longer an active site and the advertising at the property's site has been painted over. It appears as if this project is canceled. $800k+ for graveyard views seemed a bit high to me so I am not all that surprised. I saw an advertisement a few months back where Greenwood promoted the graveyard views as if it were a "positive" feature of the development.

[St-T]

^Yep... this is D E A D! I thought that would be a tough sell.

On a side note, Urban Innovations West Side development is selling like crazy. Phase III is under construction.

[RobertB]

Should have guessed that they didn't have the moxie to make it work. They bought greenwoodtownhomes.com from an outfit called "123cheapdomains.com" (whois link) (http://whois.domaintools.com/greenwoodtownhomes.com).