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 →
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Architectural Review Committee to Milbank Avenue Developers: Try Again
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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 →
Filed under: Business, Government, Real Estate, Milbank Avenue
19-Unit Luxury Development on Milbank to Face Architectural Review Committee on Wednesday
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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 →
Filed under: Business, Government, Real Estate, ARC, Architectural Review Committee, Milbank Avenue
Milbank Development Hits Snag; Auction Scheduled for September
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“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 →
Filed under: Business, Real Estate, demolition, Hyatt Regency Greenwich, Madison Hawk Partners, Milbank Avenue, Next for the Wrecking Ball in Greenwich, R6 Zone
19-Unit Backward-Facing Milbank Ave Development Scrutinized by P&Z
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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 →
Filed under: Government, Real Estate, Milbank Avenue, Planning & Zoning Commission, R-6 zone
Developers Seek Variance to Max FAR on Massive Milbank Condos Replacing Six Homes
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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 →
Filed under: Government, Real Estate, Milbank Avenue, Next for the Wrecking Ball, Next for the Wrecking Ball in Greenwich
Planning & Zoning Commission Approves New R-6 Regs, Too Late for Some Neighborhoods
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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 →
Filed under: Government, Real Estate, Katie DeLuca, Milbank Avenue, R-6 zone
Proposed Milbank Ave Two-Family: “Just a Big Box”
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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 →
Filed under: Real Estate, Milbank Avenue, Planning & Zoning Commission
R6 Zone Reconsidered: Purpose of Zoning, Health & Safety, Economics, Unintended Consequences
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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 →