Dock extension given green light by council
Developer Todd Raufeisen has been granted permission to go ahead with work on what was once the Dock Restaurant in Davenport.
Officials from Davenport City Council gave their approval to the lease agreement on August 28, just 24 hours after it seemed to be in limbo when officials from the city's Levee Commission gave a unanimous thumbs down to the proposal.
The plan put forward by the developer is for a 40,000-square-foot facility to be built on the site comprising restaurants, office space, banquet facilities and parking space. The full project has been priced up at $12m.
The area of the project has been a point of contention so far, with a local retired architect, Bill Handel, expressing concerns at the Levee Commission meeting that the development may exceed the proposed 40,000 square feet, thus leaving limited promenade space between the structure and the riverside.
Fox News, meanwhile, reports that Mayor Bill Gluba would prefer the development to be less than half the proposed size and owned by the city; an idea that Jeff Justin, an alderman, argued would be hard to justify financially.
With Raufeisen now free to start the work, however, it is likely to be a busy time for local poster and banner printing companies responding to the needs of newly opening restaurants and businesses looking to promote themselves.
Officials from Davenport City Council gave their approval to the lease agreement on August 28, just 24 hours after it seemed to be in limbo when officials from the city's Levee Commission gave a unanimous thumbs down to the proposal.
The plan put forward by the developer is for a 40,000-square-foot facility to be built on the site comprising restaurants, office space, banquet facilities and parking space. The full project has been priced up at $12m.
The area of the project has been a point of contention so far, with a local retired architect, Bill Handel, expressing concerns at the Levee Commission meeting that the development may exceed the proposed 40,000 square feet, thus leaving limited promenade space between the structure and the riverside.
Fox News, meanwhile, reports that Mayor Bill Gluba would prefer the development to be less than half the proposed size and owned by the city; an idea that Jeff Justin, an alderman, argued would be hard to justify financially.
With Raufeisen now free to start the work, however, it is likely to be a busy time for local poster and banner printing companies responding to the needs of newly opening restaurants and businesses looking to promote themselves.