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Cornelius developer yanks controversial Bailey Forest plan from meeting agenda (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: February 18,2013

CORNELIUS — In a last-minute move, developer Jake Palillo of Cornelius late last week pulled his unusual — and controversial — multifamily Bailey Forest plan from Monday night’s town Board of Commissioners meeting, where it was widely expected to fail. On Monday, Palillo said he would resubmit the plan to subdivide 62 forested acres on [...]


Holding ground (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: February 15,2013

“Jake is a smart and creative developer, but he’s a catastrophe as a communicator," Cornelius Commissioner David Gilroy said. "He shoots himself in both feet and the side of the head."


In Cornelius, developers put 2 housing projects on back burner (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: January 16,2013

Developer Jake Palillo of Bluestream Partners, the group behind the Bailey Forest project, said he figured it was inevitable that the town's Board of Commissioners would reject the project.


In heated meeting, Bailey Forest fails to win over Cornelius planning board (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: December 12,2012

“They ought to change the law that says common sense is not allowed in the town of Cornelius,” developer Jake Palillo said Tuesday.


Bluestream Partners plans unusual subdivision for Cornelius (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: October 30,2012

CORNELIUS — A $10 million residential subdivision that would be the first of its kind in the Cornelius area could be under construction as soon as January. But first, the developer has to jump through the town’s planning and rezoning hoops. Bailey Forest, a neighborhood proposed by Cornelius-based developer Bluestream Partners, is seeking to subdivide 63 [...]