Key Points: • Representatives meeting with neighbors about a proposal to build 500 apartments at Northlake Mall were met with overwhelming opposition. • Attendees questioned whether its development would improve economic conditions in the area. • Developers plan to make application with the city for a Special Land Use Permit in about a month.

Developers who want to build a 505-unit apartment complex at on an 11-acre site at Northlake Mall held a neighborhood meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 17, to gather feedback about the plan, but the majority of attendees disliked almost everything about it.

Northlake Mall, located on 80 acres, when built in 1971, was one million square feet, making it at the time the largest mall in the area. Over time, multiple anchor tenants have left, and the parts of

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