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February 23, 2005Suttons Bay approves Bayview phasesProject includes about 475 housing unitsByRecord-Eagle business editor SUTTONS BAY - The transformation continues for a former cherry farm and fruit processing plant into one of Leelanau County's largest housing projects. Suttons Bay's Village Council on Monday unanimously approved three more construction phases for the Bayview housing project on the former Frigid Foods site at the north end of town - plans that eventually could more than double the number of houses in the community. "It's clearly going to make for major changes in the village," Suttons Bay president Larry Mawby said. "But if the county is going to grow, the population should be around the villages." The housing mix includes a total of about 475 housing units. There will be 159 single-family homes around 1,200 square feet, 124 homes up to 2,100 square feet, 51 duplex homes, eight townhouses and eight multi-family units. There also will be 30 "estate" lots with high-end homes, developer Marcus Yono said. Around 50 lots will eventually be sold to the village to work with a housing agency to develop affordable housing in the project, village officials said. About 98 acres of the 240-acre site will be developed, with the rest remaining as park land and undeveloped open space. About 10 acres will become village park property - also about doubling the amount of public park land in Suttons Bay. Initial plans called for a standard planned unit development, with clustered condominiums along private streets and walkways. But village planners persuaded Yono to create a plan more consistent with the existing village. "They didn't want a village that was separate of the village," Yono said. "It seemed to make sense." The project raised concerns from some neighbors about increased traffic and scale, when compared to the traditional village. Officials responded that the entire project will take up to a decade to complete, giving the village time to handle growth there and around Suttons Bay. "We have to look at these issues regardless of whether Bayview is there or not," village manager Chuck Stewart said.
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