Politics & Government

Review of 184-Unit Apartment Complex Continues Monday

The Planning Board meets at 7 at the Senior Center, located at the rear of Swampscott High School.

The Planning Board is scheduled on Monday to review the Hanover Vinnin Square apartment project — 184 units proposed for two, four-floor buildings on the former site of the Jewish Rehabilitation Center.

The board began its project review last month but determined they needed more information to continue. They asked the developer to return in July with a completed traffic study, a storm water study and a fiscal impact study, former town Planner Pete Kane said earlier.

Ultimately, the Planning Board will make a recommendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals on the site plan review for the project at 330 Paradise Road.

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The developers will need a special permit from the ZBA to build multiple-family residential units.

The 184 apartments are proposed for the 6.3-acre parcel on the hill across from Whole Foods Market.

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The apartments would be for people of all ages, Hanover development associate Canan Safar said earlier.

A majority, about 53 percent, of the units are to be one-bedroom apartments, with about 38 percent of them the two-bedroom variety and the remainder three-bedrooms, she said.

They would be rented at market rate, an estimated $1,485 to $3,000 per month, the development associate said.

Hanover plans to demolish the existing buildings and construct the two, four-floor buildings with New England-style siding, she said.

Hanover Vinnin Square would include a common area and a pool, and parking for 303 vehicles or about 1.6 spaces per unit.

The complex would have its own security.

The single bedroom units will range from 750 to 995 square feet; the two bedrooom's from 1,100 to 1,300 square feet; and the three bedrooms at about 1,450 square feet.

The JRC still owns the property but Hanover has a purchase and sales agreement on it, the spokeswoman said.


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