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The applicants seeking to build a 19 unit apartment building where 6 turn-of-century houses are at intersection of Milbank and Havemeyer will return to ARC on Wednesday with a different design. Continue Reading →
Not only did the Architectural Review Committee dislike the proposed development, but neighbors again turned out in force to object to its bulk, and incompatibility with the neighborhood. One neighbor likened the proposed development to a prison. Continue Reading →
The Architectural Review Committee will look at the plans for a 60 unit development at 143 Sound Beach Ave in Old Greenwich, and the plans for The Charleston, a 19-unit development at Milbankank and Havemeyer on central Greenwich. Continue Reading →
“The Maples on Milbank,” at 151 Milbank Ave, where a single family home was demolished and the lot was leveled and cleared, to make way for four luxury townhouses, will be auctioned at a one day bankruptcy auction on Sept. 19. Continue Reading →
Planning and Zoning said the proposed extra-long, brick 19-unit, 3 story development was “wall-like” and three stories feels high due to being atop a hill. The questioned whether it was in keeping with the neighborhood and balked at the enormous underground garage with 19 individual storage spaces. Continue Reading →
A massive condo development originally would replace 3 houses, would now replace 6 turn of century homes on Milbank Ave by Havemeyer Place. Developers seek a variance this week due to “hardship.” Continue Reading →
P&Z voted in changes to regs for R-6 Zones. Includes Pemberwick, Cos Cob, Chickahominy, Byram and parts of central Greenwich including Milbank Avenue.
No new multi-family homes will be allowed – only single family and two-family homes. Continue Reading →
Around 1:30am, attorney for the applicant seeking to build a 2-family home at 169 Milbank Ave addressed the P&Z. The commissioners described the rendering of the proposed homes as boxy, very very tall and detracting from the streetscape. Continue Reading →
In a public workshop at Greenwich Town Hall about 50 people shared their concerns about regulations in the R6 zone and offered suggestions for change. There was conversation about unintended consequences of regulations, including for example, parking requirements that result in an abundance of new 2-bedroom units. Other requirements in R6 result in loss of historic homes and affordable housing stock. Continue Reading →