Sweet hopes for apartment expansion

DAVENPORT — Mayor Brad Sweet hopes to see more apartment complexes and housing developments in the city, he said during an annual mayor and media meeting with The Record-Times this week.

Sweet said he met with a contractor who said garage-over condos might suit the city as an option for higher-end apartments that those with reliable, solid incomes could occupy. He also wants to eventually expand Cottonwood Apartments for more local low-income housing options.

Other than three houses being built by the Municipal Airport, there are no updates on housing expansion, Sweet said.

“I haven’t heard an...