This is going to be a long, drawn-out battle about density between developers and nearby residents. The residents live in wealthier SFR’s and higher end multifamily buildings with elevated prices and rents due to their great location and demographics. They would be negatively impacted by what the developers want: cramming lots more retail and high density apartments and condos (with perhaps lower prices and rents that go with packing more people onto that expensive land). So each side has its own interests in mind in this classic battle.
