Fenton and CTC/Carolina Yards were approved by Cary as PDs with complete, committed master plans in the zoning conditions. The full street grid, building height ranges, general layouts, use mixes, etc were all planned in advance and presented to Cary’s planning commission and council before zoning.
Just sayin’.
My guess? Kane has found his PD/Master plan for North Hills East to be somewhat constraining and was aiming to get (a lot) more flexibility here. But for as much as I respect Kane and like a lot of his developments, the city can’t just hand a developer the Keys to the Kingdom like this, especially when he is asking for TIG incentives that could eventually cost the city $3.5 million a year in lost tax revenue.