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Court Battle Begins for Mill River

LYON TOWNSHIP, MI-The township says industrial developer Schonsheck wants too many houses per acre for $97 million mixed-use project.

By Robert Carr | Updated on November 01, 2002

LYON TOWNSHIP, MI-Lyon Township is locked in a legal battle with developer Schonsheck Inc. of Wixom, MI, over a $97 million, mixed 189-acre residential and light industrial project. Planning consultant Christopher Doozan said the township is giving depositions in the case, filed by Schonsheck after the township rejected the company’s rezoning request in August for residential homes and light industrial.

Chris Olson, the township superintendent, told GlobeSt.com that the property is zoned at R1.0, meaning one house per acre is allowed. Schonsheck wanted to rezone about 80 of the acres in the north part of the property to light industrial, and about 100 acres to the south to R.5, allowing a residential development with two houses per acre.

The Mill River project, proposed for an area west of Milford Road, will cost $97 million to build, according to the company. A company official told GlobeSt.com in December the plan is to build 30 lotsof research and light industrial buildings on the site. The buildings,build-to-suit or lease facilities, would each be about 35,000 sf. The other half of the site would hold about 80 houses priced at about $400,000.

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