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A 142-unit mix of condos and apartments is planned for the site of the former Michael Saunders offices at Main Street and Osprey Avenue.
More multifamily residences, including some affordable units, are planned as redevelopment continues its eastward march along Main Street.
Having its initial appearance before the city’s Development Review Committee on Feb. 5 was High Line, a 142-unit project planned to include 16 attainable-priced residences on the site of former offices of Michael Saunders & Company on the northeast corner of Main Street and Osprey Avenue.
Listed as owners of the site and the project are limited liability corporations MOP North and Jebcore 2. According to state records, the principal of MOP North is the Mark S. Kauffman Revokable Trust. The principal address of Jebcore 2 is that of JBCC Development, headed by co-founders Clinton Conway and Jim Bridges.
With 142 multi-family dwellings, which will be a mix condominiums and rental apartments, the plan for High Line includes approximately 6,660 square feet of commercial space on the ground floor fronting both Main Street and Osprey Avenue. It will utilize the attainable housing bonus density provisions of the Downtown Core Zone District, bringing it to 126 market-rate units. Parking garage access will be off First Street on the north side of the project.
Besides the usual assortment of comments offered by staff that must be addressed prior to DRC sign-off, a conflict arose over the number of attainable units that must be provided per code. Staff’s calculations came to 16.05 units required as a portion of the bonus density, which must be rounded up to 17, while George Scarf of Hoyt Architects countered his number came to 15.97. That issue remained unresolved by the end of the hearing.
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