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Mini-storage facility on South Diamond Street moves closer to fruition
MANSFIELD — James Boyd moved one step closer to the finish line on Tuesday toward a new mini-storage facility he said could be a positive economic development for the city’s southeast side. The Mansfield Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend to City Council that 10 acres of land Boyd owns at 475 S. Diamond St. […]
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$25 million senior assisted living apartment complex proposed for Cline Avenue
MANSFIELD — A Chicago-based company hopes to to build a $24-$25 million assisted living apartment complex for senior citizens at 300 Cline Ave. The city’s Planning Commission on Tuesday met with Darrin Jolas, managing director of Vermilion Development. He described a proposed three-story building with 120 studio apartments on the site that was once home […]
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West Park: Demo delayed 90 days, will be next mayor’s issue
MANSFIELD — The decaying West Park Shopping Center will be a problem for the next mayor and law director in Mansfield. The Mansfield Planning Commission on Tuesday voted to give West Mansfield Realty a 90-day extension on the demolition order for the strip mall and massive asphalt parking lot. That means current Mayor Tim Theaker […]
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Mansfield plans to inspect remaining West Park Shopping Center building Tuesday
MANSFIELD — The City of Mansfield plans Tuesday to inspect the remaining portion of the West Park Shopping Center not already under a demolition order. Community Development & Housing Director Adrian Ackerman said Friday the building and codes department would take a look at the eastern wing of the Park Avenue West strip mall. “We […]
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Closed-door session: Mansfield commission talks ‘imminent’ West Park litigation
MANSFIELD — The West Park Shopping Center was not on the city’s Planning Commission agenda Tuesday. But the condemned strip mall at 1157 Park Ave. West — which the commissioned voted last month to demolish on its own terms– remained a key topic for conversation, as it has for more than a year. The commission […]
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Mansfield Planning Commission sets Thursday meeting to discuss West Park Shopping Center
MANSFIELD — The Mansfield Planning Commission will conduct a special meeting Thursday at 3 p.m. to (once again) discuss the future of the former West Park Shopping Center. Officials will presumably discuss what comes next in the ongoing saga of the Park Avenue West strip mall that the city ordered demolished nine months ago. West […]