Housing project may go to 4 stories
Sunday, August 6, 2006, Keene Sentinel
KAREN SANBORN
Sentinel Staff
A $9 million housing development for the elderly planned for Water Street in Keene may grow to four stories high.
Andover Consulting Group Inc., a real-estate investment company based in Bedford, wants to build a 110,000-square-foot congregate care complex on what is now three properties: 185 Water St., a warehouse and parking lot for jewelry manufacturer Findings Inc.; 193-195, a privately owned apartment building; and 197, a privately owned warehouse.
In February, the Keene Zoning Board granted the company permission to build in the industrial zone and to construct a three-story structure. Now, the company is back with another request: to shrink the original plan’s footprint and add a fourth story. The board will take up the matter on Monday.
The changes are a result of ground work and flood studies completed after the February meeting, according to documents filed with the city’s code enforcement department.