DEVELOPER JAMES GIERCZYK CHANGES DIRECTION AFTER BUYING MUCH OF COFFEE CREEK CENTER

Once planned as a model of new urbanism, Coffee Creek Center is poised to head in a new direction. Much of the 640 acre development was sold earlier this year to developer James Gierczyk, who said last week he plans a mixture of housing types, including some targeting older adults, and not necessarily cast in the -urban mold.

" Teaming with Gierczyk will expedite development of these prime properties in Porter County, which will benefit economic development in Northwest Indiana," Tom Godfrey, then a lawyer for Lake Erie Land Co. and now the company's vice president, said at the time.

The Times September 2006  Susan Erler