“This is definitely putting a damper on those plans.”
Winslow Avenue residents worry Mark Miller Subaru’s plans will harm their rebounding area, while business says it desperately needs “more space” to stay there.
But they and other homeowners now fear the placid character of where they live might be altered forever as a Mark Miller automotive dealership south of their properties seeks to widen its footprint and take out several adjacent homes in the process.Facebook page Signs along Winslow Ave. and 200 East, Feb. 1, 2023, protesting Mark Miller Subaru's rezoning measures so the car dealership can expand its car lot. Adjacent residents along Winslow Ave are fighting the rezoning measures.
A Mark Miller subsidiary, Katmark Partners, bought up three adjacent single-family home lots on Winslow over the past six years, as well as a property to the east that sits vacant after the company demolished a fourplex apartment building that stood there for years. Lane, who works as a contractor for Mark Miller, said Subaru requires all its dealerships to keep more vehicles in stock, and the city lacks viable land for that elsewhere.
In a written statement shared Thursday, the company sidestepped the mounting worries of neighbors but noted that during what it says is a 60-year history at the location, the “small family-owned business has invested much to help make our local community a strong, resilient, and vibrant place to call home.”
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