Allendale Township voters squashed plans to build student housing on 13.9 acres of land owned by Stu Becker not once, but twice.

Now a plan for a completely different kind of development is in the works for the property just west of 48th Avenue and Lake Michigan Drive, west of Sleep Inn Suites.

After voters overturned Planning Commission recommendations for development of the property, Becker sued the township and won a court judgment giving him the right to build a limited amount of high density housing, and to develop about an acre of the property for commercial use.

About a year ago, Allendale developer Merwin Koster received positive direction from the township to build an assisted living center at the site, but that plan is apparently being replaced by the new housing plan from Cleveland-based Richland Development.

Called The Enclave, the plan recently reviewed by the Planning Commission will be approximately 80 units with a total of 275 beds, considerably less dense than former plans, according to Township Supervisor Jerry Alkema.

Alkema said one of the conditions of the consent judgment was that any housing constructed on the site have the look of a residential neighborhood. The units presented are "cottage-style" three- and four-bedroom homes, with several designs. There will be a clubhouse (also with a residential look) with a pool, study area, fitness center and game room.

Alkema said construction is expected to begin this fall.