At last night's
Zoning Commission hearing, approval was given for the
second-stage PUD for
Capper/Carrollsburg, along with some modifications to the first-stage PUD. This should be the last zoning hoop for
EYA to leap through before the project gets underway. The
Capitol Quarter web site now says "Coming Fall 2006." But is that when sales start, will any sort of construction begin before then? Right now, I don't know. I do hope, though, that the city gets moving and demolishes the rest of the vacant Capper buildings before EYA has to start marketing the new construction, because it appears some scary elements are squatting now in those buildings (fences have been bent back, and doors to the buildings are broken open).