Some Grand Island residence are urging people to oppose the Amazon "Project Olive" development in the town.

A massive, 3.8 million-square-foot distribution center for a tenant widely believed to be Amazon won't come to Grand Island anytime soon if it ever does.

The developer behind what is code-named Project Olive, Texas-based Trammell Crow Co., informed Supervisor John Whitney on Monday that it had "placed the project 'on pause,' that was their words," Whitney said during a Town Board work session.

One of the property owners, Michael Huntress, confirmed the project is "on hold" but urged the Town Board to approve the development because of its economic benefits and because it is an acceptable use for the 145-acre site on Long Road.

Representatives of the developer had planned to speak at Monday's work session but canceled earlier in the day, Whitney said. Kimberly Nason, an attorney with Phillips Lytle, who represents Trammell Crow, did not respond to a request for comment late Monday.

Whitney's announcement leaves the fate of the controversial mega project, which is large enough to hold two Walden Gallerias, up in the air and comes one week after the development suffered a major setback.

On July 13, Planning Board members voted against Trammell Crow's request to rezone the property from light industrial use to a planned development district. This would make it easier to proceed with project components that don't conform with town code, such as a building height of 87 feet that exceeds the island's 45-foot limit.

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