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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular Meeting - November 21, 1997 <br />6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.) <br />c. continued.... <br />The reference that Mr. Kil made to re -use <br />the building is in the Vision 2010 Plan as <br />opposed to the 1985 Redevelopment Plan. <br />GREG KIL: Again I'd like to point to the <br />study that I did, the graphic study showing <br />the proposed corner development. Our <br />building, again, would be only a 22 foot <br />frontage that would be superseded if you <br />were to retain this property and acquire it. <br />We think that this is a reasonable request. <br />The building is structurally sound, we feel <br />it has an attitude and integrity of South <br />Bend and acknowledges its history. This <br />building is special in that there are not <br />many other buildings like it that exist. A <br />lot of these fairly common, three or four - <br />story walkups with office or mixed use <br />with a restaurant or a walkup <br />commercial /retail on the lower level don't <br />exist because of the desire to remove them, <br />if they were not considered a positive or <br />the integrity of the buildings to retain and <br />to rehab. I think that is different now, I <br />think that there is a better understanding <br />that our stock of structures downtown, <br />what we have left, is special, even if they <br />are common. That is what I employ to <br />you to consider in our remonstrance today. <br />Ms. Schwartz commented that Mr. Kil <br />mentioned a walkup. She asked if the <br />rehabilitation of the building would <br />require construction of an elevator. <br />H:\ HOME\ CPHIPPS \WPDATA \COMMSN\112197.MIN -16- <br />