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This just happened on my Gatewood block. A teeny tiny home (prob 800 sf) on a double sized lot was demolished and replaced by two HUGE houses. Kenyon btw 36 and 37th.
Now, maybe I am a land use junkie and take particular notice of these things, but there was a large and yellow DPD sign on the property for at least a couple of months, stating in great detail what was happening (short plat, followed by demo and two new houses). I felt that I had public notice and ample time to submit a complaint.
I don’t lament the loss of oversized lots with teeny houses on them. Do I love what replaces them (large modern boxes)? They aren’t my style.
But I will tell you this, every modern box that has been built on Gatewood Hill in the last three years has been snatched up in a matter of weeks, and I have not seen one sell for less than 600k.
So, somebody likes them. Developers only build what people will buy.