COT Amendment Approval for Possible Fry’s Marketplace at Houghton & 22nd Street
By Karen Schutte -publisher Real Estate Daily News
The Mayor and Tucson City Council voted this week 6:1, with Councilman Steve Kozachik the sole dissenting vote, to approve an amendment to the Houghton East Neighborhood Plan that could allow for the development of a 124,000-square-foot Fry’s Marketplace at Houghton & 22nd on a 16-acre site at the northeast corner of South Houghton Road and East 22nd Street. The amendment allows for the building to be 26 feet tall, instead of the 20-feet limit stated in the original 1985 plan developed when the City annexed the area, a two-square mile area bounded by Speedway on the North, 22nd Street on the South, Houghton on the West and Tanque Verde / Melpomene Way on the East.
Concerns voiced by the neighbors seemed to have all been addressed:
• Elevation showing the six-foot increase would be minor change to any view obstruction….