PROVIDENCE – Local developers are proposing to build a five-story, mixed-use building with residential and commercial space in the Fox Point neighborhood.
The building, located at 269 Wickenden St. on the corner of Wickenden St. and Brook St., would house 62 residential units, three commercial spaces and a cellar for internal parking. Developers are planning to demolish two existing buildings and reconfigure two lots for the proposed development.
The applicant, Fox Point Capital LLC, affiliated with Providence Realty Advisors LLC, was scheduled to present the proposal and seek master-plan approval at the Providence City Plan Commission meeting Tuesday evening. But due to a lack of a quorum the item was postponed to May 16.
Fox Point Capital is also asking for a for a design waiver plus a dimensional adjustment for height, as the project has a proposed height of 65 feet and five stories, which exceeds the 50-feet, four-story limit of the zone.
Located in a C-2 zone, the building will be mainly accessible from Wickenden St., designed as the front yard. The cellar, which will include one commercial space and an internal parking lot with 20 spaces, can be accessed from Brook St.
The first floor will include the other two commercial spaces, a residential lobby and four one-bedroom apartments. Sixteen apartments will be located on the second floor; the third and fourth will each have 15 units; and the fifth and last floor will include 12 units.
In total, residential space will make up approximately 35,427 square feet, while the commercial space will be 5,343 square feet.
(Update: Adds presentation to City Plan Commission postponed until May 16 in 3rd paragraph)
Claudia Chiappa is a PBN staff writer. You may contact her at Chiappa@PBN.com.
They have to knock down existing structures when just a block away there are plenty of asphalt deserts to build upon. It would do a service to our city to build upon these empty lots, but developers aren’t really interested in doing our city any service. To them it is JUST US and the heck with justice or the impact of the people who live here permanently. We are just the sheeple who have hardly any say in the shape of our environment. You’d think a local developer would build as if they lived here, but that doesn’t necessarily have to be the case.
Nice project which brings a big increase in housing units versus what is presently there. This will bring increased foot traffic and subsequent benefits to the many businesses in the Wickenden St. area.