Brunswick Development

[Still Tom Nevers]

This sharp proposal would add approximately 34 homes, 11,000 sf of retail space, and underground parking to downtown. The site is currently occupied by a vacant building formerly used as a dry cleaner. I suspect the project will have some regulatory hurdles to clear.

The projects detailed in posts 4 and 55 of this thread never came to fruition but hopefully we’ll have better luck this time. Replacing a vacant building with a more attractive structure that provides much needed housing and generates significantly more tax revenue would be a big win for the town.

Current Structure

Proposed Structure

 

[nomc]

Actually not bad! Much better than post 4. Is height one of those regulatory hurdles? Seems like this one might go a tick over the 40ft limit, assuming that's still the limit. The gable roof is pretty unobtrusive, though- the Dunlap side in general does a nice job softening the height.

 

[Still Tom Nevers]

Actually not bad! Much better than post 4. Is height one of those regulatory hurdles? Seems like this one might go a tick over the 40ft limit, assuming that's still the limit. The gable roof is pretty unobtrusive, though- the Dunlap side in general does a nice job softening the height.

Yes, the 40’ height limit imposed in this zone strikes me as the biggest regulatory challenge. My recollection is that there are certain allowances if providing affordable housing. We’ll see if that’s part of the proposal.