Westfield is making plans for a mixed-use development along Jersey Street in the city's downtown. (Rendering courtesy city of Westfield)
Westfield’s plan for a revamped downtown took another step forward Monday night.
Members of the Westfield City Council voted 6-0 to approve the Jersey 32 Planned Unit Development by Chicago-based building contractor Skender Construction LLC, which has an office in Westfield. The $105 million project’s plan calls for 43,000 square feet of retail space, 15,500 square feet of office space, up to 235 apartment units, a 574-space parking garage and an art plaza.
In May, Brian Simons, senior vice president of Skender Construction, told council members that a high-end restaurant operator is interested in locating in a two-story standalone building at Jersey 32, which the city previously called the Jersey Street project.
Jersey 32 is planned on 3 acres at the southeast corner of the intersection of State Road 32 and Poplar Street/Westfield Boulevard, north of Jersey Street and west of Mill Street.
The $22.7 million parking garage at Jersey 32 will be funded in-part by a $14.4 million developer-backed bond. Mayor Scott Willis said the city will also provide about $8.5 million toward the garage.
The Jersey 32 project is projected to increase the assessed value of the site from $525,000 to $48.3 million, according to a presentation at Monday night’s meeting.
“This is a good project,” Mayor Scott Willis told council members. “It certainly brings value today and in the future to our community.”
Westfield first announced plans for a major project on Jersey Street last summer. Carmel-based Studio M Architecture and Planning is the architect for the project. A construction timeline for Jersey 32 is not yet available.
Skender, which relocated its central Indiana office last year from Indianapolis to Westfield, plans to move its office to Jersey 32. Skender’s focus is on construction projects in the health care, higher education, municipal and office sectors. Since 2020, the company has worked on more than 5 million square feet of active and completed construction projects in Indiana.
The Jersey 32 project is the latest downtown development to be proposed in Westfield.
In 2021, the city opened the $39 million Grand Junction Plaza, a public park downtown where the city hosts events, such as the Westfield Farmers Market, the Shamrock Drop (a St. Patrick’s Day festival) and Movies in the Plaza.
Union Square at Grand Junction, developed by Carmel-based Old Town Cos., is expected to open this year on the city block south of S.R. 32 between Union and Mill streets. It will have 196 apartments, a 300-car parking garage, 17,000 square feet of retail space, and a 40,000-square-foot office and retail building.
The city announced last week that tenants at Union Square will include Pure Barre, Everbowl, Lake City Bank, BlackSheep Pizza and Cocktails, Stella’s Ice Cream, Woof Gang Bakery and Grooming, and The Spark Coffee. Sun King Brewing Co. is expected to open an 8,700-square-foot taproom and food hall at Union Square next summer.
In January, members of the Westfield City Council unanimously approved a $27 million development on the east side of downtown called Ambrose on Main.
Ambrose on Main will feature 87 one- and two-bedroom apartments, 6,000 square feet of plaza and courtyard areas, a 2,000-square-foot rooftop patio, 12,000 square feet of commercial space and a restaurant with outdoor seating. The project by Fishers-based Rebar Development will be built at the northeast segment of State Road 32 (Main Street) and East Street.
In May, members of the Westfield City Council unanimously approved the $123 million Park and Poplar project, which will also be developed by Old Town. Park and Poplar will be built on 9 acres along the Midland Trace Trail, south of Park Street and between Mill Street and Westfield Boulevard.
Plans for Park and Poplar feature 240 apartments, 56 for-rent brownstones, a 40,000-square-foot office building with three stories, a three-story building with 29,200 square feet of retail and restaurant space, and a 523-space public parking garage.
Indianapolis-based developer CRG Residential LLC is also proposing a plan to complete the long-discussed Grand Millennium Center project east of U.S. 31 and south of Park Street that would feature as many as 366 apartment units, 60,000 square feet of medical office space, 12,500 square feet of retail space and 447 parking spaces. Grand Millennium is moving through the city’s approval process.
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