'Building C' gets OK for Sidewalk Encroachment

Kent City Council signed off on a license agreement this week that will allow Fairmount Properties mixed-used 'Building C' to occupy a portion of the public right-of-way on South DePeyster Street.

The foundations of the $4.5 million building will encroach an estimated 2 inches, and the footers will encroach as much as 10 inches into the right-of-way, according to a memo from the city manager's office to council.

Kent City Manager Dave Ruller said the encroachments will all be below ground.

"We have approved similar encroachments for the other buildings in the redevelopment project," he said.

The building, which will stand at the southwest corner of the intersection of South DePeyster and Erie streets, will house Bricco, an Akron-based Italian restaurant, on the first floor of the five-story building. The restaurant is about 7,000 square feet total.

A total 32 apartments will be spread out with eight on each of the upper four floors of the new building, which is under construction.

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