Did some digging and came across this pdf from 2022. The pdf is quite extensive and goes over a lot. Took some screenshots of the potential development on riverfront drive.
That's too bad. Would have added much needed housing. I know that area did flood over the summer. Not sure if that scared the developer or if it was just too ambitious for the city. Would be nice if developers started proposing on the relatively new riverfront drive section of the city.
https://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/local_news/downtown-attleboro-apartment-project-gets-11-2-million-in-funding/article_58b2e787-488f-55a5-9694-ebb3c55ac868.html
Old factory building in downtown getting converted to apartments
Better than nothing i guess, but would have been nice to see the original building built. I know parking was a big issue as well since some of the parking would have needed to be off the lot and located somewhere else.
The town manager of north attleboro said that the developer would like to build 320 to 340 apartments at emerald square mall. They would demolish the sears section and use the parking lot for sears. Quite a lot of apartments. I say go for it we need housing in the state.
I like it. Hopefully it will get built. You are right Attleboro can be anti-development. Will be interesting to see what happens. They might be opposed to the height, but we'll see i guess.
Definitely an exciting project. This is going to transform that area big time. Maybe they'll move the famous McCoy Stadium fireworks for the 4th of July to the new soccer stadium.
Yeah I'm not too happy about that either. That project is perfect for the area. Yes, traffic is a concern, but if planned properly it should be good. A developer out of state realized the potential and the city should work with them on it.
https://www.abc6.com/proposal-could-turn-attleboro-golf-course-into-housing-commercial-development/
15,000 square feet commercial space and 350 residential units with a shuttle connection to the nearby train station. That's a lot of residential for this area right off route 1A. Makes sense...
@RandomWalk That's a good question. I'm not sure. I remember reading something about a fire on the top floor, but I don't remember where I read that or if it it's accurate or not.