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snefnoc: Well, they're putting 12 units in an 80x160 space, roughly .3 acre, so about 40 dua, and that's with a first floor that is pretty much all retail. Assuming bigger units (for families etc.) than the R Street project, you could feasibly do 30-40 dua in a similar two-story building.

There was a bunch of open space in the middle of the project (truck parking etc) that would be a good place for a mid-rise building as the centerpiece of the project. Considering its proximity to Globe Mills, a building of similar height wouldn't be out of line.

But it's a moot point, the Crystal Creamery buildings are already demolished. I just hope that other developers looking at projects where there are existing industrial buildings (like Township 9, for example) see examples like this one succeed and follow suit. It's ridiculous to tear down industrial buildings and then build brand-new buildings designed to resemble the same buildings that were just torn down. It's like buying those bottles of knockoff perfume--who do they think they're fooling?