Popular Wooster Square is attracting more growth, which in turn is causing tensions with some alders and residents as the latest plan starts to unfold. This time, Epimoni wants to build an additional 186 units that would be located on Olive Street and feature a public plaza greenway along a reclaimed Fair Street that the developer would give to the city through a long-term easement. The mini-city of sorts on Olive Street between Epimoni and a separate real estate developer, Hines — then would grow to 617 apartments stretching from Chapel to Fair streets. Also in the mix is The Whit — two complexes, one for 166 apartments and one for 66 apartments units, next to Olive and Wooster and across Chapel under construction by Hines, a Houston-based real estate firm. At a recent hearing arranged for Alder Carmen Rodriguez, D-6, Alder Ellen Cupo, D-8, the Downtown Wooster Square Community Management Team and the Hill South Community Management Team, about seven people spoke. Cupo, Rodriguez and other residents questioned the rents for the new apartments, which Seid confirmed would be based on the current high prices downtown. Both alders said they couldn’t afford to live in them. “I moved here from D.C., but I didn’t expect to pay D.C. prices,” another resident told Seid.
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