Developer Abandons 100-Foot Building Plans; Will Build To 60 Feet Instead
By Beth Milligan | July 21, 2019
Traverse City developer Tom McIntyre will not appeal a court ruling blocking his chances of building a 100-foot building on State Street, telling The Ticker he will move forward instead with a 60-foot building on the site next to the Park Place Hotel.
McIntyre lost a lawsuit last month in which he sued the City of Traverse City over Proposal 3, the city charter amendment requiring a public vote on buildings over 60 feet high. McIntyre asked the courts to declare Proposal 3 illegal, saying it unfairly interfered with owners' property rights. McIntyre had already gone through the city's outlined approval process for his proposed 100-foot-tall Peninsula Place building ...
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