The Hastings City Council has approved an Option Agreement with Kendall Place Limited Dividend Housing Association, LLC,  for the purchase of the Court Street Planned Unit Development (PUD) property.

The city of Hastings obtained that property many years ago in a land-swap arrangement with Barry County for the former library, now named the Tyden Building.  The PUD property consists of six vacant city lots, west of the Friend of the Court building, between Court Street and State Street. Since that time there have not been any other offers on the parcel that met the PUD requirements. Under the option agreement Kendall Place would purchase the real estate, which is estimated to be worth $200,000 from the city for $77,000.  

Kendall Place previously submitted a site plan and tried to obtain the site at 128 North Michigan Avenue for a downtown development, however that location went to developer A.J. Vaneklasen for their housing and retail project.

Kendall Place hopes to revise their earlier site plans for best use of the Court Street PUD property and build an estimated 50-unit housing complex that would face State Street, with on-site parking in the rear towards Court Street.