Council considers changes to College Station

Springfield City Council heard several items affecting the center-city area. Along with the city’s latest move in the development of the Heer’s building, changes were also considered for the College Station development.

Council heard first reading on a bill that alters the project’s Master Redevelopment Agreement.

The biggest change is to the parking deck on the south part of the development. The new agreement makes the 361-space parking deck rectangular in shape, rather than an L-shaped structure. The smaller footprint leaves a new tract of developable land at the corner of Campbell Avenue and McDaniel Street.

“What we’ve determined is that an L is inefficient, so (the parking deck) will just be a rectangle and run north and south, parallel to Market Street,” said Mary Lilly Smith, the city’s economic development director.

See SBJ’s Oct. 23 issue for more on the council meeting and changes to the College Station development.