5 days ago
- Business
- Indianapolis Star
Bakery, dog park and homes for people with disabilities planned on Noblesville's Midland Trace
A housing project for people with disabilities, dog park, trailhead and a cafe is being planned along the Midland Trace in Noblesville next to Janus Developmental Service.
The project would be east of Willowview Road and south of State Road 32 in a swath of land owned by Janus, a Hamilton County non-profit that provides transportation and job training for people with disabilities.
Under a pending agreement, the city would buy six acres of the land for an apartment building, which would be constructed by Real America, a non-profit that builds low-income housing. A dog park and a trailhead with bathrooms would be part of the development, as would Bee Free, a bakery that would provide job training for Janus clients in a new cafe.
Real America President Mike Surak said the apartment plan is for 60 units in one and two-story buildings, with 12 set aside for people with disabilities and the rest for low-income residents with earnings between 30% and 80% of the median for the area.
The complex would cost an estimated $18 million, assisted by an $11.5 million federal Low Income Housing Credit. Real America will apply for the credit in July and if it is approved, should receive it in the fall.
Surak said the development will be similar to South Pointe Village Apartment in Fishers, another partnership with Janus, which was the first of its kind in Indiana to combine living units for low-income individuals and people with disabilities.
'That project has gained national recognition,' he said.
The project joins a list of residential and commercial developments planned along the Midland Trace leading from downtown Westfield to downtown Noblesville.
Less than a mile to the west, three projects with hundreds of homes are in the works: Midland Pointe, the Courtyards of Hazel Dell and the Villages at Trail Crossing. Included in the development is a strip mall with a Crew Car Wash, Wawa convenience store and gas station and a restaurant.
Additional development is also going on north of SR 32 in that area, within walking and biking distance of trail.
The Noblesville Plan Commission was scheduled to consider a zoning change June 16 that would allow the project to move forward, but it was postponed until July to allow the staff more time to review the site plan.
