Redevelopment of Former Blue Cross Blue Shield Site
Summary
Opus wants to re-guide the 41.5-acre vacant Blue Cross campus for business park buildings, about 126 townhomes, and roughly 500 apartments. Neighbors worry about traffic cutting through Ashbury Road, truck traffic, noise, park and school impacts, and homes built close to property lines — but the real decisions come after environmental and traffic studies.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 2
- Last 30 days
- 0
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Sep 8, 2026.
Impact analysis
The project could boost the tax base and add hundreds of households, though residents worry nearby property values could fall.
Future residents and businesses, the city's tax base, and holders of new housing opportunities.
Nearby single-family neighborhoods on Ashbury Road, Terra Glen, and Red Fox Road fear traffic, noise, and density impacts.
Mentions & discussions (2)
City Council (Special) - Sep 8, 2026
Opus Development and W.P. Carey want the city to run an environmental study on the 42-acre former BCBS headquarters site before proposing redevelopment. The council supported the study, wants the northern BCBS parcel and soccer fields in the conversation, and wants early input from neighbors worried about traffic.
Advisory Planning Commission - May 26, 2026
Opus wants to re-guide the 41.5-acre vacant Blue Cross campus for business park buildings, about 126 townhomes, and roughly 500 apartments. Neighbors worry about traffic cutting through Ashbury Road, truck traffic, noise, park and school impacts, and homes built close to property lines — but the real decisions come after environmental and traffic studies.
Related development
BCBS Redevelopment
Would replace a long-vacant office building with jobs and hundreds of new homes, but neighbors are worried about traffic, density, and neighborhood impacts that studies will still have to sort out.
Opus BCBS site land-use scenarios
If a proposal eventually comes, it could reshape a major office campus — and council wants environmental study and neighborhood input first.
Former Blue Cross Blue Shield Headquarters Site AUAR
The study would set maximum development thresholds for the site, test traffic, utilities and environmental capacity, and require early input from neighbors before any real proposal comes forward.
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