Fritzel's Apartment Plan for Golf Course Land

0:00It's April 22nd. You're listening to Kansas News today, AI-powered local news. I'm Corey with the story. Developers and Lawrence are team up a second shot at building apartments right along the J-Hot Club golf course. Thomas Fritzell's team got denied last December for a 200-unit complex near the 7th hole, but now they file plans for 100. 76 units on the same land between the 7th and 13th holes, just south of the main parking lot. Blue Blueprint shrinks things down with three large multi-story buildings holding 168 apartments, plus eight more in town homes, closest to the fairway and nearby homes. They've doubled the access points to East Traffic, and tossed in perks like a pool, fitness center, pickleball courts, grilling spots, disc golf, and a dog park. Neighbors weren't having it last time, flooding the city commission with gripes of outdoor water runoff, extra cars clogging streets, and vanishing. Green space that led to a 4-to-1 rejection vote.

1:01Many see this as another slice off the golf course's edge, turning fairway views into backyard buzz. This spots already zone for multifamily housing, and Fritzell's been steadily adding apartments around the course with a master plan he pitched years. Back. Adding fuel, residents farther East just slapped him with a $26 million lawsuit over yanked golf holes and unkempt grass, which could. Amp up the pushback, even if it's a different patch. Hearings haven't been scheduled yet, so the commission's got time to mull this revised pitch. Will it land on the green or hook into hazard territory? Stay tuned as the drama unfolds as City Hall.