The latest timeline for an expansion to the Monroe Convention Center puts the completion at the end of 2026.
If all goes as planned, attendees of events in the expanded facility might have a new dining option in downtown Bloomington. The new eatery is part of a project to be built on what is now a surface parking lot for a dozen and a half cars, next to the CVS at Washington Street and Kirkwood Avenue.
The restaurant is planned to take up all of the ground floor and part of the second, as part of a new five-story, 14-unit residential condominium building. The restaurant space will also be a condo.
The ONE15 project, which is now named after the Kirkwood address, is proposed by Randy Lloyd (Clearpath Services). It appears on next Thursday’s (July 25) agenda for Bloomington’s board of zoning appeals (BZA).
[Updated Tuesday, July 23, 2024: Thursday’s BZA meeting has been canceled. Based on a B Square phone call to the city’s planning and transportation department, the meeting was canceled, because not enough of the five members were able to attend in person. The required number is three. Items on the July 25 agenda will be put off until the Aug. 22 BZA meeting.]
The BZA agenda item will count as newsy, both for devotees of local planning and patrons of Bloomington’s restaurant culture.
For land use mavens: A previous request for a variance from a 50-percent non-residential ground floor requirement has been swapped out for a request for a height variance.
For foodies: The restaurant space is planned to be developed by longtime owners of The Uptown Café, Michael and Galen Cassady. The plan is not to move the existing restaurant, but rather to start a new one, and to operate both. Continue reading “Bloomington BZA to hear height variance for 5-story project on Kirkwood, by CVS near Uptown Café”
