City Council moved forward with a redevelopment plan that allows buildings as tall as 12 stories across the street from a 16-story hotel and condominium downtown but future development is likely to only be six stories, officials said.
A new redevelopment plan considered by City Council would allow for a parking garage and maximum building height of 12 stories – significantly higher than the 5 stories currently allowed.
Almost the entire block that includes the former RSI bank building, the former API Foils site on New Brunswick Avenue, and a string of properties along Pierce Street that already have been acquired by a developer will be studied by the Planning Board to determine if they qualify for redevelopment under state law.
An East Emerson Avenue property where a three-family home was razed last year, got approval to be subdivided into two lots for a single-family and two-family home.