“We’re committed to bringing a world-class residential development to downtown Greenwich. With very little new rental housing available to current and future residents of Greenwich, this building represents a unique opportunity for the town to meet the demand for quality apartments that offer modern amenities and finishes within walking distance of the town’s shopping and dining district. It will simultaneously provide premium, inclusive affordable housing that will help Greenwich make significant progress on its state-mandated affordable housing requirement.”
– press release from Antenna Group public relations firmHeadquartered in New York City, SJP Properties has a 40-year track record as a premier real estate owner and developer known for the creation of luxury residential and Class A commercial properties throughout the New York Metropolitan Area.
Per the release, Eagle Ventures, founded in 2010 by Greenwich native James P. Cabrera, is a family office with over 25 years of local local commercial and residential real estate ownership, development and management experience. It described Cabrera as an active member of the local community, having served as the chairman of the YMCA and the Greenwich High School Sports Foundation, and on the board of multiple other local non-profits.
According to a 2009 New York Times article, Cabrera founded Antares real estate development company in 1996 with Joseph Beninati and invested in the redevelopment of Stamford’s south end to develop Harbor Point.
According to a 2009 article in the Stamford Advocate, Antares initially specialized in building mansions. In 2006 Antares paid $223 million toward the purchase of Putnam Green, a 466 rental unit apartment complex, and Weaver’s Hill, which they planned to convert into condominiums before running into legal problems in 2007.
According to the CT Post in 2009, Antares “crashed and burned.”
Email requests to Antenna Group for information on the square footage of the building, price of rentals, number of parking spots and the exact buildings to be demolished to make way for the development were not provided as of press time. This article will be updated when that information is available.
The narrative and application filed with P&Z on Friday were not yet available from P&Z to view as of Friday afternoon.
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Note to readers: This is a pre-application, and has yet to be scheduled for a meeting agenda, so P&Z commission and town planner are unable to answer questions at this time.
The time to comment or ask questions is if and when the application is scheduled for a public P&Z meeting. The idea of a pre-application is to dedicate about 20 minutes to the item during a P&Z meeting so the applicant gets enough feedback to determine whether to pursue an application. javascript:window[“$iceContent”]
Per CT Gen Stat § 7-159b (2013) pre-applications are non binding.They may not be appealed under any provision of the general statutes, and shall not be binding on the applicant or any authority, commission, department, agency or other official having jurisdiction to review the proposed project.