Thursday, April 20, 2023

Ridgeland Approves Prado Vista Project

 The Ridgeland Board of Aldermen approved the Prado Vista project in the Ridgeland overlay district Tuesday night at the intersection of Sunnybrook Road and Colony Park Boulevard by Ridgeland High School. The petition and master plan are posted below. 


The site is currently zoned single-family residential.  



The 77-acre Prado Vista will be a mixed-use development composed of a Topgolf venue (p.37), a grocery store, and two hotels.  The Topgolf venue will be between 40,000 and 100,000 square feet.  The petition states: 

MUD Entertainment Venue as defined herein: A forty thousand (40,000) to one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet free-standing restaurant with a commercial sports and recreational element retail/restaurant entertainment venue building that includes retail and/or restaurant and other entertainment such as bowling entertainment element, bar, ping pong table element, game rooms for video and arcade games, and pool table element, bocce ball/cornhole/horseshoe game element.

 


 

The grocery store will be between 20,000 and 150,000 square feet. The maximum height for the hotels will be limited to four stories so as not to block the view of the Cspire and Lord Snow buildings.  The project will include a music venue as well (#24 on p.37).  Other proposed tenants will be a craft brewery, furniture store, distillery, civic building, and unspecified other buildings.  Prado Vista will include owner-occupied condos and townhomes.  

However, rentals might be allowed.  The petition states (#8 on p.39): 

All dwellings and residences constructed and/or located on the property subject to these protective covenants shall be for owner occupancy, except as specifically permitted herein. Further, except as specifically permitted herein, the lease or rental of a dwelling or residence for any purposes, whether verbal or in writing, is expressly prohibited under these protective covenants. The only circumstance or situation in which a lease or rental shall be permitted is when the dwelling or residence is of new construction and in which either:

  1. A period of at least (1) year has elapsed from and after the building permit for that particular dwelling has been issued, or;
  2. A period of at least six (6) months has elapsed from and after the final inspection by the appropriate public building inspector has occurred, and the certificate of occupancy has been issued, whichever period of time is longer. 

The above rental provisions are for the original builder/owner that obtained the original building permit. With any other owner the wait period is double the above noted wait periods, therefore being two (2) years after the building permit has been issued and/or one (1) year after the new owner

 


Pracon Global Investment Group is the developer of the project.  

43 comments:

Anonymous said...

Anyone remember Jackson Golf World on North State St? If they build in this spot it will be just like that in about 10 years.

They should build in Gluckstadt.

Anonymous said...

That sucks for the elderly residents at St Catherine’s Village. Backs right up to the nature walk areas.

Anonymous said...

What a jumbled mess! I suppose the River Walk is their "clever" repackaging of the required Retention Pond. That Ridgeland would cave to these people, considering how obvious it is who they are, and where their money comes from, does not bode well for the future.

Anonymous said...

In the schematic elevation, I see no transition elements shared or unified between sports plex building (which is interesting), sign monument and two story office/condo building.

At Renaissance, although altogether differently purposed than this development, Richard Dean did a first rate job pulling it all together.

Anonymous said...

Enjoy that golf while it lasts-

Anonymous said...

Why didn’t they build this in Jackson?

Anonymous said...

Wlbt quoted them as saying they should begin construction later this year. Anyone wanna bet that it’s not under construction come 2024? They still haven’t done anything on their grand project near the fondren. Pay attention to the name praCON

Anonymous said...

The RPD should be able to beef up their DUI arrest stats once it opens.

Anonymous said...

This fella (Gabriel Prado) is the proud owner of the gas station on the north side of Northside Drive, across from Highland Village. His dad’s picture is in the signage for the store. Literally has his dad’s photograph in large display on top of the store.

His bio says he went to Harvard Extension School. My lack of education doesn’t allow me to know if that is even a real place.

This whole thing should be very interesting. He is the fastest talking dude I’ve never met. Please post more deets when you get ‘em.

Anonymous said...

This is a great project for Ridgeland. I guess the negative comments are from jealous Jackson residents.

Anonymous said...

Anyone knows what's going up across the interstate from this? They are doing the dirt work. I thought this was the project.

Anonymous said...

Jesus himself could return and walk across the Mississippi River and you boomers would still have something negative to say about it.

Anonymous said...

Can anyone direct me to some development the Pracon Global Investment Group has actually completed? Who is slated to be the Top Golf franchisee?

Anonymous said...

@3:21 The site work on the west side of I55 is a medical office building. The work on the east side is the new Porsche and Volvo dealerships.

Anonymous said...

The Prado Lofts slated to be constructed on the old Meadowbrook shopping center site was a grand proposal. Very quickly the project cut the number of units in half of that which was in the original deal.

And now... it seems to be just a whisper. (Don't count your chickens...)

Anonymous said...

2:33pm.....uh, have you been by the Meadowbrook location? They have demoed the site and are working on site prep. This is good news for Jackson, just like when good things happen in Jackson, it is good for Ridgeland. We are linked, unlike many seem to think.

Anonymous said...

Meadowbrook project is Dead...Dead....Dead....
Demolition means nothing! until Steel starts rising from the ground, don't bet that it is moving forward. Even then it still iffy.

Anonymous said...

Welcome Prado to the Eastside, this is a great location and I will definitely support this development.

Anonymous said...

Didn't realize that this was the same guy that remodeled and operates the gas station on Northside; thanks 2:59 for the connection.

That being the case, I feel good about this. Granted, that little gas station is just that, a little gas station. But they did a great job of remodeling it; are customer service oriented (give away air - unlike all other stations in the area that use that service as an income stream; they provide it as a service - assume a loss leader, with very little loss); discount on gas for paying with cash - deducting the credit card fees; lowest cost gas in NE Jackson; nice amenities within the small station.

Appears to have made applesauce out of some apples that were turning bad over time with that location.

Hope his development at the old Meadowbrook site proceeds; although the city's failure to address the localized flooding in the area remains to be a hurdle. But hey, its Jackson - doing anything here that involves the City is nothing but a hurdles event at a track meet.

Kingfish said...

Site planning just approved it.

Anonymous said...

Will end up like the Main Harbor development that never happened!

Anonymous said...

You people make me SICK. Anyone who works hard and has vision should be able to try to bring their dreams to fruition. There will always be hurdles, but nothing would ever happen if there were not people like this trying. What have any of you EVER done that has bettered your community?

Anonymous said...

“Prada Vista” - Please post the SoDoSoPa clip once more.

Anonymous said...

2:59- Good eye. He’s a Belhaven grad. Nothing more. That “Harvard” degree is a certificate I believe. Lots of people like to park their LinkedIn that way.

Tiger Woods said...

So commentors, I don't need to dust off my golf clubs yet?

Anonymous said...

ANYTHING WITH "Vista" is a horrible idea.... anywhere.

Anonymous said...

Site planning, as you call it, Kingfish, is nothing more than advising the mayor and board that the city zoning ordinances appear to have been met.

Is this the same Gene Magee who allowed an 8 story building along the interstate that pissed off people as far away as Old Agency Village? Zoning ordinances be damned!

Anonymous said...

Several great points
Fantastic concept. Hope it happens.Will enjoy it.
However, should've built in Gluck. 157 is on the border of shitville. The lower half of 157 is already struggling. Slow creep Northward.
St Catherines Village is the big loser.

Anonymous said...

@ 1:40... yep only white folks are rich and got their money honestly, anyone with brown skin who is a multi-millionaire must be involved with a drug cartel
and a money launderer...you stupid racist rat bastard..and Im a card carrying NRA member and a Trump supporter. Have you ever been to California or Texas? Plenty of "beaners" that could buy and sell you 50 times over. Stupid MF. Some very nice young men with a very rich father come to Jackson to play soccer at Belhaven and just so happened to like it here so much that they stayed. Dad died and they are investing money here. Get over it a-hole. Loser.

Anonymous said...

1:40 and 1:44 make interesting points. This design looks more like the Pearl entertainment corridor than Renaissance. TopGolf would do well anywhere but the rest of it is a bit uninspired. Still, it's closer to something you'd see in Texas or Florida suburbs than most commercial developments in the metro. What is intended for that "entertainment venue" building?

Anonymous said...

Serious question...how are they going to be able to sell alcohol there? The Chevron on Jackson Ave. is a stone's throw away from a school and as I understand it has not ever been able to sell beer b/c of proximity to the school. So what's any different about TopGolf, etc. across from Ridgeland HS? What am I missing here?

Anonymous said...

A live-work-play mixed use development is typically not built around an outdoor entertainment center. The "live" strategy is questionable, but the rest should be successful, particularly since the visible land options are shrinking in Madison County. The "River Walk" is laughable.

Anonymous said...

I might be mistaken but that looks to be within 1,500 ft of Ridgeland High School. Grocery store and I would assume restaurant/bars, too. Did they get some special dispensation for selling alcohol within 1,500 ft of school? Dumb law but a law none the same.

Anonymous said...

Approval by Planning and Zoning simply means a project appears to meet municipal zoning requirements. Nothing more.

Hookah said...

How much will the rent be at The Villas at Gene's House?

I might consider leaving my $350K luxury condo in Sombra's parking lot for the rustic charm of a mixed income crowd and state of the art golfing facility.

Anonymous said...

If Trader Joe’s is the grocery store they have planned for this development it will spell disaster for Fresh Market. Honestly I don’t see how the stores at Renaissance are surviving. Everyone comes from Jackson to hangout and be seen. Nobody is buying anything. The theater was a mistake, is 90% ghetto, Zea is ghetto, Biaggi’s was so unpleasant before they closed. I just don’t see local people from Madison-Ridgeland, I guess they’re working. Go up the road to Half Shell and Long Horn and both are swamped with Hinds county folks. It’s so unpleasant! Sam’s on the weekend is an experience like no other. They come from Jackson because everything has closed there. This development will be another Renaissance. The theater is not the success they hoped it would be, only a gathering place for Jackson residents who treat it like a park.

Anonymous said...

3:21, Do you have more information on the Volvo-Porche dealership? Is it Paul Moak or someone else?

Anonymous said...

Gabriel Prado was Development Director in Clinton, after working for the MDA.
https://www.theclintoncourier.net/2021/09/10/prado-resigns-from-economic-development-post/
St. Catherine's should have bought the land before the road was finished, if they didn't want neighbors. Besides, most of the people using the nature trail are not residents anyway.

Anonymous said...

@9:05

What you're witnessing is the future of Madison when Mayor Mary is gone. One big cluster after another.

Anonymous said...

April 21, 2023 at 9:05 AM Have you even been to Renaissance? I'm there every day. The theater is doing great. The "park" and fountain are there to SERVE AS a gathering place! "Ghetto", huh? "They" come from Jackson, you say. You took yourself further north to Long Horn and Half Shell, "swamped with Hinds County folks". Go ahead and say it - you don't want to shop and dine with black people. Shame on you. You're "so unpleasant"!!!

Anonymous said...

please god, not ANOTHER Kroger

Anonymous said...

"Zea is ghetto"

oh, you mean black people eat there

I'm white, and my gf and I enjoy the food, drinks, and service nearly every time.

but then, we're not racists. who are welcome to stay away. no one needs them.

Anonymous said...

If the grocery turns out to be a Trader Joe's, then I'm for it. Visited my first Trader Joe' last week in Fort Worth. Place was packed with shoppers of all strata. The staff was working hard, appeared to actually like their jobs. Bargain prices, especially vino.


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