Office Zoning Approved For 13 Stories

TROY, MI-The city council here added a caveat to a zoning change it approved for aproposed $55 million, 13-story office complex this week. The council insisted residents receive a copy of the site plan for the new 300,000-sf building as soon as they are given to the city.

Residents council members want to ensure that Burton-Katzman Development Co. doesnot raise the height of the building or the accompanying three-story parking garage.

The council agreed to change the zoning for almost two acres of land the developer has assembled as part of a 5.5-acre parcel to build the office building. The zoning was changed from research center use to high-rise office, which does not have a low limit on the allowed height of the building.