The commission, at its meeting Wednesday, approved Highview Commercial’s request to remove the already approved office building and hotel, replacing it with a 13,500 square foot building to house an as yet unnamed grocery store. But the decision denied the developer’s third request for apartments — this one calling for 100 units — on the site, which is now home to Chick fil-A, Panera, Jersey Mike’s, Crumbl Cookies, Sugar Llamas, among others, with future openings planned for Cava, Playa Bowls and Mercato Italian Kitchen & Bar. Highview Commercial had sought to amend the present Planned Development District designation on the site to construct a four-story, 100-unit apartment building toward the rear of 801 Bridgeport Ave. as well as the building for the grocery store. The commission had already denied separate apartment plans, one calling for 145 units and another for 170 that was filed under the state’s affordable housing statute 8-30g. The developer appealed both denials, and those appeals are still pending.
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