Annexation, take two

COEUR d’ALENE — A company is seeking permission to annex roughly 61.5 acres of waterfront property into the city of Coeur d’Alene.

The applicant is River’s Edge Apartment’s LLC, of Spokane.

The property, formally owned Mill Sites LLC that included partner and developer Marshall Chesrown, sits along the Spokane River west of Riverstone.

In 2008, the Coeur d’Alene City Council approved a request by the former owners to consider annexing the property, but a formal annexation request was never presented within a year of the approval, and the agreement expired.

The property was eventually sold to River’s Edge Apartments following a court case that was dismissed with prejudice in early 2010 between River’s Edge Apartments and Mill Sites.

If the City Council approves the consideration request at 6 tonight in the Community Room of the public library, River’s Edge would have one year to submit a formal annexation request.

A second, 2.34-acre parcel between Seltice Way, the Spokane River and the Mill River development will be considered by the council separately.

River’s West Apartments did not return messages Monday.

City staff reports state that the Spokane River District is envisioned to be mixed-use neighborhoods consisting of housing and commercial, retail and service activities.