Following concerned and critical comments from several residents of Boulder Court and Hancock Drive at a special meeting of the Groton Planning & Zoning Commission on Tuesday night, developer Jeff Respler laid out his latest vision for Mystic River Bluffs, a luxury 931-unit, mixed-use development at the Mystic Education Center property, site of the former Mystic Oral School. Jonathan Reiner, director of planning and development for the town, stressed that presentation of the draft master plan was “very preliminary” and there’s no application yet. He said the commission is working on regulations that will lay out a permitting path for an application, which would then be heard at a public hearing. Respler Homes announced conceptual plans in November 2019, and Respler said the team did public outreach from last December until the pandemic hit. The number of planned units has since increased to 931 — including 798 in multifamily housing, 51 low-density townhouses, 72 garden-style flats, and 10 low-density duplexes. This includes 462 one-bedroom units, 408 two-bedroom units and 61 three-bedroom units. Respler said the project will be done in phases, with a site plan per phase, and the first phase would have a minimum of 272 units and a maximum of 332.
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