Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

What result might happen if the developer actually heeded the concerns of the residents? I mean - if they decided "y'know what - this is bad press even though it's a great idea. But bad press = outsiders being less interested in moving in."

So what happens then? A thought - maybe instead of a big 200+ unit apartment building, they could do something like they did with the townhouses at Spanish Springs.

They are absolutely gorgeous. They're beautiful to look AT if you're outside them, and they're beautiful inside. They have lovely courtyards.

So what if..they built a 50-unit townhouse complex instead? With super-premium rents, a *private* shared pool (like the apartments at Brownwood have), maybe a private but limited outbuilding for rec activities: a kitchenette and card/meeting room, a front foyer lounge/reading area (a "quiet" foyer), bathrooms, and a modest craft area.

The entire complex could be built in two semi-circles, with a courtyard, rec-room building, and pool in the middle. Parking lots could be located at each corner of each semi-circle, with the walking and golf cart trails/paths between each parking lot. The parking lots could also have covered golf cart ports assigned to tenants who choose to pay an additional fee for the privilege, maybe even with charge ports for electric carts.

Meanwhile also have walking paths and golf cart paths with open access to other villagers.

They would STILL pay amenity fees, but because they have a few of their own private amenities (paid for with their rents), they wouldn't need to go to a different pool or have their meetings in a different rec center, for example.

I could see something on this smaller scale in that location. It would reduce the footprint, the number of residents and as a result the number of visitors, it'd provide luxury accommodations for those who are "done" being property owners, it would pretty much eliminate the traffic concern completely, as you could usually expect at least 50 cars moving in and out of the property on a given day, even when Hacienda restaurant and clubhouse were open and running.