Two major development plans got the thumbs up from the City Plan Commission, and now head back for approval from the Board of Zoning Appeals.
At its regular meeting Wednesday night at City Hall, the commission approved the plans for mixed-use developments on Whalley Avenue and State Street.
PAUL B. BAILEY ARCHITECTS
The $15 million Whalley project was proposed by the St. Luke’s Development Corporation, a not-for-profit organization affiliated with St. Luke’s Episcopal Church at 111 Whalley Ave. The new development would replace a few businesses next door to the church with a mix of senior housing, regular affordable housing and retail space. (Read more about the plan here.)
BEINFIELD ARCHITECTURE
The State Street proposal, in East Rock’s Goatville neighborhood, would replace the long-vacant Star Supply building with 235 apartments and 4,000 square feet of retail space. Neighborhood criticism helped kill an earlier version of this proposal. The new modified version has neighbors behind it. (Read more about that here)
The Board of Zoning Appeals referred the proposals to the commission at its meeting last week. It will presumably take a final vote at next month’s meeting.