Real Estate
Old Town Hall Homes Building Would Loom Less in Revised Proposal
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After neighbors expressed concerns that the proposed replacement building for Old Town Hall Homes loomed too high near their houses and yards, the proposal has been adjusted a bit, with two upper-story apartments removed from the top floor in the back. The change was described to the Darien Planning & Zoning Commission Tuesday night at a meeting that attracted about two dozen neighbors living on Academy Street, Highland and Fairview Avenues. Some neighbors had said one of their concerns about the proposal to replace the Old Town Hall Homes apartment complex for senior citizens with a new, three-story building was that the new structure would lower their property values. The current two-story buildings at the back of the site already look down into their yards and homes, and residents said they didn’t want to look up into a higher building. The building proposed by the Darien Housing Authority, which owns the 2-acre site at the corner of Post Road and Academy Street, previously was proposed to have 55 units in a building 42 feet, 8 inches high, but from a base 14.5 feet below the level of the Academy Street entrance (and a few feet above the level of the Post Road).