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A development firm is looking to construct a new multi-building, mixed-use project along the Berlin Turnpike with more than 100 residential units and commercial and retail space.
Nicholas R. Morizio, a broker with Colliers International and manager for property owner 550-554 Berlin Turnpike Associates LLC, submitted applications to the town’s Planning and Zoning Commission in July for the development project and a zone change from BT-1, Berlin Turnpike 1 designation, to BTD, Berlin Turnpike Development.
The change, along with the site plan and special permit, would allow for development of a mixed-use project containing 106 residential units throughout three new buildings, with 20% of them affordable, a new retail building and reconfigured parking areas at 502, 522 and 554 Berlin Turnpike.
“The purpose of the BTD zone is to promote mixed-use development, including housing opportunities and commercial development, along the Berlin Turnpike in a unified master plan,” the application reads.
An industrial building currently occupied by ABC Supply Co. Inc., at 554 Berlin Turnpike, will remain open and operational, Morizio said.
The other two parcels are vacant and underdeveloped, making the space ideal for this project, Morizio said, giving residents convenient access to housing opportunities, shopping areas, workplaces and major highways like routes 9 and 91.
The residential area in the new development would cover more than 145,000 square feet with 84 one-bedroom and 22 two-bedroom units. The application states that 212 residential parking spaces are required, but only 180 are proposed. Parking for ABC and the new retail building would increase from 25 spaces to 36.
The property at 502 Berlin Turnpike consists of 2 acres appraised at $240,000, and 522 Berlin Turnpike is a 12-acre site appraised at $212,000. The 554 Berlin Turnpike site has nearly 6.5 acres of land and the ABC building, with a total appraised value of nearly $1.9 million.
The properties are largely vacant sitting in between Woodlawn and Deming roads and busy retail centers there. The property abuts the Mattabesset River, and the application will also require town Inland Wetlands board review.
A public hearing on the applications has been scheduled before the next regular Planning and Zoning meeting Oct. 6, where the board could take a vote.
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