Now here's a huge housing project that could make sense
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The 154-acre property is separated from the rest of the Greenwich by I-684 and cannot be accessed from the rest of the Town without crossing into New York state.
The development would include 456 units in 41 buildings with a mix of starter and townhomes ranging in size from 1,050 square feet to 3,400.
The development would provide amenities such as sports courts, playgrounds, picnic areas, and other ancillary uses on the property. Some of these amenities may be provided in the existing “Stone House” on the property.
Two parking spaces would be provided for each unit, along with 266 guest parking spaces for a total of 1,178 parking spaces.
The property currently has 1,898 parking spaces associated with the office buildings.
The proposed residential units would be served by the existing on-site wastewater treatment facility and on-site wells.
The existing main road servicing the office building and other existing roads on the campus would serve as access to the proposed dwellings.
And an existing 45-acre conservation set aside would be preserved. Well, it’s out of the way, and a lot of the infrastructure is already in place, so if we’re going to have more housing, this seems a likely spot to put it. Northwest Greenwich residents will surely squawk about traffic added to King Street, but maybe this would spur the placement of the firestation up there that they’ve long campaigned for.
And most important, of course, is that most of us won’t be able to see it from our front porch.
