Proposed Harold’s building rendering.
It’s official: Brothers Jacob and Josef Feldman of MOD Equities will be bringing a total of 64 apartments to two separate downtown buildings, the latest in a stream of new market-rate housing coming to the center of the city.
The Board of Zoning Appeals Tuesday night voted unanimously to approve plans for downtown building developments at 19 Elm St. and 418 State St..
At 19 Elm St., the Feldmans plan to build a five-story structure with 46 apartments with a 1,200 square-foot commercial space on the bottom floor.
They had requested a variance to build sidewalls taller than allowed by ordinance — 60 feet instead of 43 feet on the west side and 6.6 feet on the east side — and to have no front yard where 5 feet is required. They also asked for a special exception to allow 19 on-site parking spaces where 25 are required.
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Josef and Jacob Feldman.
On State Street, they plan for 18 apartments on the third and fourth floors of an existing commercial building, and to keep the existing office and commercial first-floor uses.
They requested a variance to allow no usable open space where 450 square feet are required and a special exception to provide no parking instead of 13 spaces at 418 State St.