Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Apartments Coming to Highland Colony Parkway?

 The Ridgeland Zoning Board will hold a hearing tomorrow on a proposed 30-acre mixed-use development on Highland Colony Parkway.  The hearing will take place at 6 at Ridgeland City Hall. 


Mattiace Properties submitted the zoning application.* The application was obtained through a public records request. The property is currently zoned Mixed-used District (MU-1).  Mattiace seeks a conditional use permit for residential dwelling units (otherwise known as apartments.).  The property lies north of Highland Colony Baptist Church and south of the future UMC campus. It is bounded by I-55 on the east and Highland Colony Parkway on the west.  The application states describes the proposed development: 

The proposed development will be a mixed-use project with office space, retail stores and restaurants with a residential component to complete the mixed-use nature of the project, which with the nearby developments will be consistent with the growin national trend of live, work, dine and play projects with walkable features. The adjacent properties are offices and churches and a proposed medical campus. The residential dwelling units are compatible with, and complementary to, the adjacent properties as the units will provide residences for employees of the businesses and future businesses and members of the churches within a reasonable walking and/or biking distance. Therefore, the project represents a compatible use for the existing properties and the proposed medical campus by providing conveniently located residences.

The owner of the property is Highland Colony Land Company, LLC.  The manager of the company is Don Cannada. 

Kingfish note: Ridgeland posted numerous signs notifying the public of the hearing around the proposed development site.  However, the signs only said "call 856-3877."  Yours truly called several times only to get trapped in voice-mail purgatory.  



Ridgeland posted a notice in the newspaper as required by law.  

* Posted below is the zoning application, site plan, and map.

89 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well, that'll be the end of Highland Colony Parkway.

Anonymous said...

30 acres?

Man that’s a lot of apartments!

Most of jackson can move right in!

Anonymous said...

What retail? They are having trouble keeping retail at Renaissance.

Anonymous said...

Condos would be MUCH better.

Anonymous said...

Airbnb revenues gonna be off tha hook!

People from Jackson will be having weekend getaway partys all week long!

Shopping restaurats, bars, they'll all be making bank on this!

Neighbors might need to get a hold of NATO to properly uparmor and harden defensive capabilities.

Anonymous said...

Housing for medical school. Great. Won’t be long before the first shooting

Anonymous said...

good move on ridgeland's part. i'm sure it will all take public housing assistance.
there's a lack of affordable housing in the jackson metro area (outside of jackson). so many of the workers in and around highland colony (wait staff, kitchen help, cleaning people, stock people, cashiers) who have to commute from jackson a long way. this will certainly help those people into a better situation with less crime, better roads, better schools, lower car taxes, and no more commuting time.

Anonymous said...

Ridgeland loves apartments. Just doubling down

Anonymous said...

You are f'ing nuts Gene.

Anonymous said...

Gene Magee shot down a 55 and older apartment community behind Highland Home a few years ago because "Ridgeland has too many apartments". Over 50% of Ridgeland housing stock is apartments or rental houses. I guess if you favorite developer says "I want to build apartments!!", Gene builds apartments. What a tool.

Anonymous said...

@2:49 pm for the win. Apartments is the last thing HCP needs.

Anonymous said...

Dinsmor residents are going to oppose this. I have that on good authority.

Anonymous said...

Hasn't Ridgeland already learned its lesson about allowing too many apartment complexes to be built?

Anonymous said...

Just what they need.....take a few years but it will be JUST LIKE ALL the other ones. Remember the new ones in Byram ? See em lately ? Hahahahahahahahahaahahah !!!

Anonymous said...

Big mistake.

Anonymous said...

Attn 2:49 p m Do you think Mattiace cares about other peoples property values?

Anonymous said...

Goodbye, Ridgeland.

Krusatyr said...

I always wanted to design and build a spec(ulative) church to sell. Maybe Mattiace will get Dean Architects to design one compatible with their already iconic Renaissance (Dean & Dean's g.o.a.t. design).

Anonymous said...

No mention anywhere in the application as to the number (quantity) of apartments. How convenient. Then the only response on the application to the question about security was security cameras.

Anonymous said...

Imagine the smell!

Anonymous said...

Another speculative 'live, work and play' scam.

Looked for a market study in the package KF linked but didn't see any.

No doubts without looking that assumptions about demand are total swags.

Organic pop growth rate of the Metro area is a crawl. Next to no in-migration.

If built this hurts Fondren bad.

Anonymous said...

In the past month I have visited,The Sound in Coppell Texas and Dania Pointe in South Florida. If done properly they could add a lot to the area. It’s needed the Toyota Music Factory in Irving is a huge draw for every demographic. The only problem I see is Mississippi being Mississippi, in retrospect I just don’t see the local economy being able to support it. Actually, the area can’t sustain high end anything…. Contrary to the belief of many of you !!!

Anonymous said...

So I am generally opposed for all the obvious reasons and concern about demand. Doesn’t the township have some apartments back there or are the only ones condos. Like above Crawford eye care and behind or above sombra. Asking a serious question. If so, those are so expensive they don’t cause any trouble as far as I can tell living near them for 15 years. Again I’d be glad to get rid of all the apartments and rentals. All the trendy live work dine shop ideas work in other states with more money and many more people working full time rather than in section 8 properties. The meridian over behind UMC would be a great place to live as a student or employee at UMC except the obvious crime and murder scene. Is that sort of what they are playing on here? I’m sure it will get shoved through like Costco and the fast food joints. Gene needs to be voted out. He’s had too many kick backs from his favorite developers over the years.

Anonymous said...

If you love your city and highland colony parkway, get to the meeting and advocate against this. This will affect everyone living in Ridgeland and Madison.

Anonymous said...


No doubt anal sphincters are now very tight in "Madison the City".

This is same Ridgeland movie that has been remade every few years
since the late 70's.

Does anyone under thirty remember the Harbour Walk fantasy ?




Anonymous said...

Is this Butler Snow Don Cannada? If so, I have no clue how this got approved by the good mayor but I bet greasing palms and political favors were involved.

Anonymous said...

Madison Wall. coming soon. Moats and everything.

Anonymous said...

I believe apartments are currently being built out in the unused space above Koestler Prime and another building at the Renaissance.

Anonymous said...

It is amazing all the misinformation and lies that are being posted. The same folks who didn't want the Butler Snow Building, The Township, Costco, Maple Street live above. O and I forgot some folks didn't want Dinsmor or the Renaissance. It it terrible that every good idea is being fought against even by some who have done development themselves. This area is zoned for this type of development and they are only asking for a conditional use which allows the city to put on conditions to make it the best. The cities master plan calls for this kind of development and it should be welcomed with open arms. Shame on the CAVE PEOPLE, (Citizens Against Virtually Everything)

fed up in Jackson said...

You know, every time I go to Costco, or Costco fuel, and look at that development, I think to myself if anyone has any vision? Are they trying to destroy Ridgeland on purpose?.....Now, I think, does the mayor work for Mattiece properties.......just in general, their land use, or designation of land use, is very arbitrary and not well thought out......it's just let's stick something wherever we can irrespective of surrounding property usage

Anonymous said...

Greasy palm Gene has never seen an apartment proposal that he didn't like.

Anonymous said...

Fed up in Jackson you don't have a clue

Corruption and Bribes, Mississippi's motto said...

The county has been doing the same thing in Gluckstadt prior to the new city having their own planning department, i.e. build, build, grease palms, build, without considering proper zoning. How many stop-and-robs, errr, mini-marts, do they need?

Anonymous said...

At 4:47, you have a point, except for the fact that none of those involved $1K a month apartments.

Anonymous said...

“ apartments are currently being built out in the unused space above Koestler Prime and another building at the Renaissance.
April 20, 2022 at 4:41 PM”

False

Anonymous said...

I ain't saying I'm fer it, and I ain't saying I'm agin' it. But you can bet yo sweet a$$ that it won't look nuthin' like that picture.

Anonymous said...

Ridgeland can't support anything high end.

Sincerely,

Eastover, Highland Village & Reunion

Anonymous said...

I've said it a million times, and I'll say it again. If you leave Jackson, leave Jackson.
Being that I live in Madison unincorporated it's somewhat concerning. I don't blame people that truly want a better quality of life. As an adult there's no way I would live somewhere with tainted water etc.
The issue is when those that relocate end up missing Jackson, and invite people into communities to wreak havoc.

Anonymous said...

Not gonna happen.
Not apartments. Can you people read. It says Multi Use.
Isn't that basically the same as the concept at Township.
Retail down on level 1, Townhomes level 2?
The City PZ will hear the request...
Stop the panic....
Maybe its me, but I doubt Mattiace is asking to build apartments...
Conditional use is the way to start the request in Ridgeland.
Some of you peopplee should go to meetings and see how it all works.

anonamouse said...

Hey 4:47, is that you Andrew? Or is this Buster?

The reason this proposed development is not wanted or needed is the increased traffic, wear/tear on the roads, crime, various criminal activity, apartments that might soon be section 8 housing, and the tenants that apartments seem to ultimately attract.

As far as the Costco area, I was against that but the Walk Ons bar/restaurant is IMHO not a business that should be located in an area like Highland Colony. Next thing you know that business will be building and outdoor music area.

If Gene's Handlers (Andrew/Buster) are for this then Gene will probably be dishonest about it just like he was with the Costco mess.

Anonymous said...

Mattice lives in NE Jackson. So does the 2 big home builders in Madison. They live in ne Jackson also.

Anonymous said...

Mattiace is currently putting apartments in Capitol Towers….in 3 or 4 floors and the Lamar life building will be mainly apartments in the near future.

He knows what he’s doing

Anonymous said...

5:32 PM
Mississippi can't support anything high end. Not until the metro area and state has a population boom.

Anonymous said...

This could be good if done properly. But that's a big if.

What you need is to make them nice enough and expensive enough to keep out the rifraff, but not too expensive because at a certain price point renters would just go buy.

Most med students are already drowning in debt and wouldn't want to shell out 2500 a month to live 25 minutes away from campus. Ditto for law students.

Young professionals would rather buy a house than shell out that kind of cash.

Families are out because they need the space.

Who does that leave as the potential market? Retirees who want to be close to grandkids but like to travel and don't want to be pinned down anywhere. But most people that age don't want to deal with a landlord and/or couldn't afford it.

What option does that leave? Lower the price, bring in the rifraff, lower property values.

More optimistically, if Shad White's plan to stop the brain drain actually comes to fruition, these would be ideal for young professionals who don't want to deal with Jackson crime. Rent in a nice area for a couple years while working at an upwardly mobile job then settle down and buy.

I may be wrong, but it seems like the path to success here is awfully narrow.

Anonymous said...

Today multi-use, tomorrow Section 8.

Anonymous said...

Ridgeland is doomed.

Anonymous said...

Watching y’all’s heads explode over apartments in Madison County is just the thing I needed this evening! Thank y’all

Anonymous said...

Chill out people. It'll be similar to the District at Eastover. In retrospect, they should have developed Renaissance with upstairs lofts (aka apartments). The clip from South Park is priceless!

Anonymous said...

@5:24 You should go check the Ridgeland BOA minutes from 2/15/22 if you think those apartments are not happening at the current Renaissance mall

Anonymous said...

7:02 PM
Jackson is what happens when 75% of living space is rentals.

Kingfish said...

Ridgeland is much closer to that 75% than Jackson is.

Anonymous said...

@7:22 all that @5:24 would have to do is go there during 8-10 in the am and look at the crane lifting supplies thru the window above smoothie king... it's happening right now

fed up in Jackson said...

well, actually I do have a clue.....and from a land planning standpoint, COSTCO, COSTCO fuel, the Wendys, and unfortunately yes, the Chic-Fil-a, and the walk ons, were just not wise land planning.....poor site design to boot. it just is what it is

Anonymous said...

Hold my beer and watch this develop!

Anonymous said...

and .........https://onlinemadison.com/stories/upscale-townhomes-planned-for-parkway,38064?

As usual, ya'll don't bother get the facts.
Shame Shame Shame.

Anonymous said...

Didn’t Gene try to shut down an apartment complex in Ridgeland a few years ago but lost in court? 20 years from now Highland Colony will look like County Line RD with a weedy median.

Anonymous said...

Hmmm
About those condo's in Jackson....yeah..right..moving in ASAP...lol

http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2022/04/giving-up-streets.html

Anonymous said...

Incorrect, KF
Jackson is rental & apt mecca.
Ridgeland is still around 50%
Flowood was close but adding more roodtops.
Jackson otoh adds new rental complexes consistently.

Anonymous said...

5:24 PM: “ apartments are currently being built out in the unused space above Koestler Prime and another building at the Renaissance.
April 20, 2022 at 4:41 PM”

False"
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sorry, but you are so wrong... seen the plans and know the contractor.

Anonymous said...

With nary a newcomer, Mississippi always has new neighborhoods under construction as one group is constantly on the run from the other. It's downright comical. It's all this running away that's the problem! What's the next exit past Gluckstadt hahaha? Looks like Rankin County wins in the end!
You all know, the area all the Jacksonians used to denigrate that now has the highest per capita income of any county in the state. Eventually, the herd will find itself trapped between Jackson and Canton, a rock and a hard place! Waiting to pick up nice Bridgewater McMansion for 'bout three-fiddy here in about 20, around retirement time.

Kingfish said...

Show me where I am wrong. I'm going off of census data.

Anonymous said...

What is up with Ridgeland and their obsession with this "industrial contemporary" look. These renderings look terrible and boring. Everything is beginning to look like that tacky hotel they are building in the Township. Take some inspiration from Ken Tate or McAlpine. Not that hard. Same goes for Brick City. Rant over....

Anonymous said...

@5:24 and @9:26 please enlighten us as to what is being built since you’ve seen the plans. I’m going with minutes from the BOA meeting and those same green signs that KF mentioned above as my reference. That and the conversations I’ve had with the subs working at the site.

Anonymous said...

Ridgeland has always been a joke of a city. It’s ridden the coattails of Madison. Up until now it has done a decent job of being a buffer from Jackson. When the time comes that the renter citizens of ridgeland realize they make up the voting majority, the city is toast. And the few decent houses there will pay out the wazoo in taxes. Renters will soon rule ridgeland, whether this fiasco comes into play or not. Also, Buster Bailey and his family are the closest thing to the mafia Mississippi currently has.

Anonymous said...

@5:24 and 9:26 feel free to review those 2/15/22 BOA minutes. The floor plans for the Lofts at the Renaissance look great! It appears we are getting 15 or so units above Koestler and 8 units above Barnettes.

But you have seen the plans and know the contractor.

Anonymous said...

Gene McGee tried to make the Hispanic apartment complexes have more sq ft. per apartment.

The court ruled against him on the basis of racial discrimination.

Anonymous said...

10:56
Are these “Lofts” as they call them rentals?
That’s woke talk for apartment.

Anonymous said...

madisonites in the know are contesting this apt claim:

Facebook post in a group page

Anonymous said...

Gene has sold out.

Anonymous said...

Even funnier is right on the city limits line of Madison

And HUD will probably require a certain percentage of the units be rented
to low /no income folks

The Long Road to Wazoo said...

And the few decent houses there will pay out the wazoo in taxes.




### Metro Ad Valorem Millage Rates (2020-2021) ###

Jackson = 69.03 mils (Belhaven 'Do Me Virgi' CID rate)

Jackson = 63.03 mils

Canton = 56.32 mils

Edwards = 47.0 mils
Clinton = 41.49 mils

Bolton = 36.3 mils
Flora = 34.5 mils
Byram = 34.1 mils
Brandon = 33.0 mils
---> Current AVERAGE = 32.94 mils <---
Raymond = 30.72 mils

Madison = 28.8 mils
Florence = 28.4 mils
Terry = 27.85 mils
Pearl = 27.5 mils

>>> Ridgeland = 20.03 mils <<<
Flowood = 20.0 mils

Richland = 19.0 mils
Gluckstadt = 12.0 mils

* excludes County & School District

Anonymous said...

At 6:54, you mean dumb madisonites? The first step for them is conditional use (what is being pushed for now). Once they get that, their petition states that their they intend to eventually put in rental dwelling units.

Anonymous said...

2:49 You are correct! In a few years Madison will be no different than Jackson. Crime, Littering and Property Values are going to take a nose dive.

Anonymous said...

If you think for a minute any developer, homebuilder, or property management groups gives a damn about the people living around their money maker you are sadly mistaken. All of the above will overpromise and underdeliver to make a $1. I been around every facet of real estate my entire career and all these guys care about is the bottom line. They will lie to your face and do anything they can get something approved and then spend the least amount possible to make the most profit. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. Even the "good ones" that are heavily involved in church and the community.

Anonymous said...

Buster also lives in Jackson near mattice… Yates daughter and son in law, duckworth… geez, seems all the people that built the buildings in Madison and flowood live in Jackson.

Kingfish said...

Don't bother to get the facts? BS. Called Mattiace. Even texted the questions I wanted to ask, which were quite reasonable. No response. Ridgeland wouldn't tell me anything either. Due diligence was done. If they don't want to provide any information, that's on them and not my problem. The post is accurate. Residential could mean condos, townhomes, apartments for sale or lease.

Anonymous said...

Notice how they avoid the word “apartments”, although they will be rental units.

That said, Costco is a good development, better than a Sam’s that is in Madison.

Fool me once... said...

So Ridgeland is going to let Mattiace take them for a ride once again? Mattiace defaulted on his TIF for the Lowe's development on the Ridgeland side of County Line and the city ended up footing the bill. Now he's behind on his TIF payments for Renaissance. so the writing's on the wall for what will happen next. But before he defaults again, he wants to build another development that's too expensive for most small businesses to maintain a storefront. Mattiace may be trying to pack in residents to boost sales at Renaissance, but apartments aren't the answer - and these will end up being apartments and not condos, no matter what the paperwork says now. Ridgeland residents, don't let Mattiace try to claw his way out of one debacle by building another.

Anonymous said...

Right at mayor Mary’s door step! Buckle your seat belt Mary!

Kingfish said...

You mean Barksdale, not Mattiace, right?

Anonymous said...

Here is the thing on the apartments. You can build them not using government/federal funds but if you sell them and the buyer uses federal/government funds to help purchase you have no control over NOT subsidizing these apartments. Now using the words government/federal may not be the exact words but I was involved the the original apartment scrum in Madison 30 years ago. Why do you think that all the apartments In Ridgeland are subsidized for most of the residents? Gene told me years ago that Ridgeland had screwed up by allowing so many apartment years ago in the 90's.
This is a BAD IDEA.

Anonymous said...

April 20, 2022 at 10:43 & 10:56 PM.

9:26 here - You obviously misread my response to 5:24. I was confirming they were indeed apts, condos, lofts.. whatever label you want.

Anonymous said...

The Jackson metro area is not New York City (or even DFW, Florida, etc.) as far as apartments/"mixed use" and the variety of potential tenants/residents. Yeah, I know, no shit, Captain Obvious. And yet again, what would seem to be obvious...isn't at all.

Anonymous said...

Assuming they are getting the motherload on incentives..TIF, tax abatements. Probably still doesn’t underwrite.

Anonymous said...

Hey April 21, 2022 at 9:43 AM, Mr. TIF in-the-know,
WRONG. I worked in the building with the former tax assessor who screwed up the Lowe's deal, and the current assessor lobbed extra at Mr. Mattiace rather than admitting that he (the assessor) made a mistake!

Anonymous said...

Looking at the map:

It is located in Ridgeland. But it is a limp-wristed stones throw from Madison.

MAYOR MARY S.O.S., 911, EMERGENCY

Anonymous said...

Krusayter 3:47 knows a little more than the average Joe about Dean and Dean….please….enlighten me….as most Firms are bought and sold, what is it you particularly know?

Anonymous said...

The Ridgeland Zoning Board voted it down. Y'all need to update this story.

Kingfish said...

Thanks for the suggestion. I don't know how this site made it before you arrived.

I spent the last two hours working on it, that included talking to people who were at the meeting, awaiting a response from clerk on the vote, and actually writing the post but please, feel free to come over here and show me how to do it. Sorry I didn't move fast enough for your taste.


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