Four Corners housing development at Bay Road and University Avenue
Summary
After nearly 40 years as a vacant lot across from City Hall, the council approved two Sand Hill projects totaling 274 homes, 36 of them affordable. Supporters called it long overdue housing and tax revenue; critics cited weak affordability, minimal retail, and no union labor deal.
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Last discussed Mar 3, 2026.
Impact analysis
The developer will pay over $8 million in impact fees plus several million dollars in new property taxes over a decade, against possible state fines of $2.7 million if denied.
Future residents, homebuyers, the school district and city coffers, and local workers through construction activity.
Critics say local workers lose out on union apprenticeships and residents lose the chance for deeper affordability and more retail.
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