The owner of a 27-acre forest on the New York border where a residential building boom is underway at the nearby Reserve on Danbury’s west side wants to change the property’s industrial zone to allow construction of 225 apartments. “There has not been significant interest in developing this property with (light industrial) uses,” writes Thomas Beecher, an attorney representing Blasius Enterprises of Waterbury, which bought the land for $2.3 million in 2022. “It is a large 27-acre parcel. Despite some slopes and wetlands, the site is still appropriate for a residential apartment development.” The process will begin with a public hearing before the nine elected members of the city’s Zoning Commission on July 8. Should the commission agree to rezone the property to allow for multifamily residential development, it would be up to Blasius or another developer to propose a site plan, which would require a new round of land use review and a public hearing.
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