Westline Flats Development Comming to a Head 8.2.26

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Final memo re concerns about the city’s approval process for LDG’s Westline proposal 6.13.26

 

Things are coming to head this week on the Westline Flats, 167 multi-family unit housing development proposed for the former site of the Western Hills Sports Mall.

The summer meeting of the City Council will occur on Wednesday August 5th. City Council  Committees will meet on the 3rd and 4th.

On August 4th,  the Housing Committee will be considering the approval of  the zoning change necessary for the Westline Flats development to proceed.  If approved by the Committee, it will be on the agenda for the City Council for a final vote on Wednesday, the 5th.

I submitted a briefing paper to the City Council outlining concerns about the project. It is based on input from several of us here in Price Hill.

A fundamental issue is that the City, LDG (the developer)  and even  the Westwood Neighborhood Council and associated development groups, failed to include the West Price Hill neighborhood in the public enaggement for this project in any meaning ful way. The boundary line of West Price Hill and Westwood is appx. 400 feet from the project.

A you can see from the map, West Price Hill will be equally, if not more, impacted by this development, yet West Price has been excluded from the process.

Here are the top level concerns:

  1. Public engagement was unfairly limited and inadequate.
  1. No Traffic Impact Study was Performed despite the history of serious traffic problems in close proximity to the development site.
  1. The Proposed Site Is Already Federally Designated as Distressed — This Award Would Deepen Concentration, Not Reduce It
  1. The developer’s own financial contingency is a disqualifying admission
  1. LDG’s development portfolio concentration in distressed markets is a pattern OHFA should evaluate.

The full briefing paper is available posted above.

If you also have concerns about this housing development and wish to express those concerns to the city council, you can send an email to the city council at  the following address: [email protected].