Development
BY AMIRA VAN LEEUWEN
The former Dittlinger and ADM Milling Co. site is getting closer to redevelopment. New Braunfels City Council approved an ordinance rezoning an additional 2.11 acres of the ADM Milling Co. site May 11 from industrial to high intensity mixed-use with a special use permit. The rezoning would allow for the overall redevel- opment of the former Dittlinger and ADM Milling Co. site, Deputy City Manager Jordan Matney said during a April 27 council meeting. The 9-acre riverfront property was rezoned by City Council in December 2024, but the additional 2-acre rezoning is critical to the project and its design, said Ashley Farrimond, a partner at Killen, Gri n & Farrimond PLLC. Killen, Gri n & Farri- mond PLLC is a San Antonio-based law rm that represents land use and economic development initiatives. “We’re really trying to have a consistent zoning over the entirety of the project,” Farrimond said during the April 27 meeting. The mixed-use project will bring more outdoor, retail, restaurant and commercial space. Developers are also looking to construct a parking garage with 500 or more spaces and a boutique hotel, Farrimond said. Council member Michael Capizzi said he thought this was a “great” opportunity for the city. Council member D. Lee Edwards suggested devel- opers consider designing an Uber or Rio drop-o and enhanced crosswalks. 2.11 additional acres rezoned for ADM Mill project
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Digging deeper As of 4 p.m. April 27, approximately 27 property owners within 200 feet of the property in question were noti ed, Matney said. The city received eight responses in favor of the rezoning and one in opposition. Adjacent property owner Layton L. Leissner opposed the rezoning, according to agenda documents. Melvin Nolte Jr., an adjacent property owner in favor of the rezoning, said the new rezoning would be “much better” than the industrial zoning. Melvin Nolte Jr. is also one of the property owners being represented by Killen, Gri n & Farrimond for the redevelopment project, according to agenda documents from a March 3 planning commission meeting. The rezoning was recommended to City Council following the March 3 recommendation from the planning commission. The commission’s Vice Chair Chase Taylor voted in opposition to the rezoning.
Commissioner Angela Allen also voted in opposition to the rezoning. Allen said she wanted to review the plans. Commissioner Chad Nolte—who recused himself during the March 3 planning meeting—is another individual and owner being represented by Killen, Gri n & Farrimond on the project, according to agenda documents. The ADM Mill property is located within the city’s Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone, or TIRZ, No. 3, which encompasses downtown. A TIRZ creates a total taxable value base of all real property in the zone for the year it was designated. Upon devel- opment or redevelopment, the appraised property value should increase, according to the Texas comptroller. “The redevelopment of this property will create a signi cant increment that will be used to reinvest in our historic downtown,” Matney said.
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