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If you haven’t been on lakewood. advocatemag.com lately, it’s likely you’ve missed some activity that has come full circle in the neighborhood in the past month.

Rezoning request at Abrams/Richmond

The northeast corner of Abrams and Richmond has been a quiet little corner for more than a quarter of a century. If you’re especially observant, you might have noticed a little activity at the property recently. Excess brush has been cleared from the yard, and a rickety old garage was torn down. Lakewood resident Alex Winslow recently purchased the property, which is actually two lots — a single-family home sits on one lot.

On March 26, Winslow filed a zoning request with the City Plan Commission to remove the property from a residential conservation district and change its use to a commercial zoning district. Winslow said he wanted to develop the property, which he sees as the “front door” of the Lakewood shopping district, into an “All Lakewood” business.

That evening, he distributed a letter to the surrounding neighbors, detailing his history with the property as well as his intention for its future use, which included a colorful rendering of the hoped-for building. The next day, a proposed rezoning sign with the case No. 123-231 was posted in his front yard.

Although the Plan Commission would review his request initially, the change ultimately would have to be approved by the City Council. If that had happened, the three-bedroom, two-bathroom house currently sitting on the property would have been removed,