Holladay • It’s not a fatal blow, but a plan to redevelop the old Cottonwood Mall site encountered a setback Tuesday after the Holladay Planning Commission rejected the proposal as inconsistent with the city’s general vision for its future.
The buildings were too tall and too close to its largest flanking roads, the commission said in a 5-1 vote denying the request by Ivory Homes Ltd. and Woodbury Corp. to revise an approved but dormant 10-year-old plan for the large parcel in the heart of Holladay.
Planners also said the proposal “missed the mark” in meeting the site’s designation as a mixed-use project of regional significance because the parcel was “purposefully divided into two areas,” with too much space (40 of the 57 acres) set aside for residential development and too little land devoted to tax-producing commercial properties.