Bath, Maine

[nomc]

50-unit Szanton Bath Uptown project

Great looking affordable housing project - proof you don't need 800 colors and textures. Great location too, overlooking a park (ok, behind the parking lot) and the library.

 

[Dr. StrangeHat]

I like it. Kind of reminds me of a smaller, more understated version of The Hiawatha Apartments in Portland.

 

[nomc]

Some design changes, but this broke ground

 

[W-4]

I miss the red on the entrance and the big windows on the connector.

 

[PlantArch]

I miss the red on the entrance and the big windows on the connector.

Definitely looked better in the previous renderings.

 

[matt.gree]

Definitely looked better in the previous renderings.

This is definitely a victim of construction costs.

 

[Tom Nevers]

Took a couple of pictures of the project described in the first post this thread while passing through Bath today.

 

[Corey]

The Bath planning board bravely rejects the scourge of housing by protecting an unprofitable golf course from any other use until the end of time -

https://www.pressherald.com/2024/01...ping-golf-clubs-plan-for-housing-development/

 

[TC_zoid]

This is all dumb. Build the housing. If people want to play golf, golf courses will appear.

 

[cneal]

Bath's public housing agency making some big moves:

"With 17.28 acres to work with, Bath Housing plans to place up to 190 housing units on Congress Avenue."

https://www.pressherald.com/2024/09...s-housing-project-to-reshape-congress-avenue/

Phase one, with 48 apartments for the southern end of the site, has already been approved:

More info:
https://www.bathhousing.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Congress-Corridor-Overview-6.6.2024.pdf

 

[nomc]

The "North Yard" portion of the Congress Corridor broke ground yesterday, 84 units for BIW workers. Going to be developed and managed by Developers Collaborative.

‘Housing for shipbuilders’ breaks ground for Bath Iron Works employees

 

[Island Frye]

Speculation swirls about future of Bath’s fish cannery site

The City Council recently adopted changes to the land use code, and some neighbors say they fear overdevelopment is on the horizon for the old Stinson Seafood property.

www.pressherald.com

 

[Island Frye]

Bath Housing starts work on 47-unit apartment complex for older adults

The units will replace an existing senior housing community and are part of the local housing authority's effort to add 200 units along Bath's Congress Avenue.

www.pressherald.com

Bath Housing last week broke ground on an income-limited apartment complex for adults age 55 and up. The development, Anchorage South, is part of a multiyear plan to add nearly 200 housing units along Congress Avenue priced for a range of incomes.

The four-story, 47-unit apartment community located at 80 Congress Ave. will replace the Anchorage, an outdated property that also serves low-income older adults.

The 33 residents currently living in the 1970s-era building will have the option to move into Anchorage South when it opens, according to Bath Housing. The housing agency plans to demolish the old Anchorage development once residents move into their new homes to make way for more housing.