Carmel committee advances 154-apartment Venture at Meridian Trails proposal

A Carmel Plan Commission committee sent the proposed Venture at Meridian Trails apartment development back to the full commission with a favorable recommendation at its Nov. 5 meeting. The project remains a proposal; the committee action does not authorize construction.

Millstone Ventures LLC and Pittman Partners Inc. are seeking a planned unit development rezoning for 154 apartments on roughly six acres at 201 W. 106th St., southwest of 106th and Illinois streets. The proposal would replace an earlier senior-apartment concept with housing without an age restriction.

The full Plan Commission is scheduled to consider the proposal Nov. 17. Rezoning and subsequent development-plan and architectural, lighting, landscaping and signage reviews remain ahead.

At the Oct. 20 Plan Commission meeting, the developers described two four-story buildings, access from the existing 106th Street driveway and a second entrance from Illinois Street, and detached garages and under-building parking. The proposed parking ratio is 1.7 spaces per apartment, with bicycle parking also included.

City staff said engineering reviewers requested drainage analysis. Staff also sought connected sidewalks and paths, more landscaping along Illinois Street and consideration of shifting buildings farther from neighboring homes.

Proposed neighborhood protections include 30-foot buffers on the west and south, preservation of existing trees, additional planting and an eight-foot masonry wall. The developers said buildings would help shield neighbors from pool noise. These are proposed protections and matters under review, rather than final conditions of approval.

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