There isn't much small about the plans for the Kingsley Parkside development. The near downtown Ann Arbor project wants to replace a single family home with a duplex. The duplex would measure five stories high, and prices for each unit would begin at $1.1 million.
"We're prepping the plans for the [city's] site-plan approval process," says William Davis III, co-developer of Kingsley Parkside. "We thought the opportunity for a two-unit building fit well there."
Kingsley Parkside would replace a small, dilapidated house at 214 W Kingsley, a few blocks northwest of downtown Ann Arbor. Davis’s development group purchased the building earlier this year and quickly came to the conclusion a new build would be the best fit for the property.
"There is significant water damage," Davis says. "The inside is damaged beyond repair."
The property is in the city’s D-2 zoning, which is set aside for medium-sized and dense buildings. The duplex would feature side-by-side units with a modern, loft-like design. Each unit would come with its own elevator and penthouse balcony. Davis and his team are also looking at reusing the fieldstone from the current structure in the new building.
Davis hopes to have the project approved later this year and begin construction soon after as soon as buyer one of the units is found. Moving the Kingsley Parkside's first residents in could happen as soon as fall of 2016 if everything goes according to plan.
Source: William Davis III, co-developer of Kingsley Parkside
Writer: Jon Zemke
Enjoy this story?
Sign up for free solutions-based reporting in your inbox each week.