ANSONIA — The future of two Main Street buildings has been put on hold for a month while designers work on architectural, landscaping and trash management plans for what would be the first downtown housing project in the area in years.
The city’s Planning and Zoning Commission tabled the project until May 20 after hearing from two residents and four Aldermen who attended a public hearing on renovations to the former four-story medical office building at 158 Main St. and the three-story former Glazer’s Appliance and furniture store at 200 Main St.
Both are owned by Tonino Mavuli and his family.
“This is a very important project at a very critical period of time in Ansonia,” said Sheila O’Malley, the city’s economic development director. “The downtown area has languished for many years. Right now, I would say it’s flourishing. What we really need are permanent residents living, shopping and eating in the downtown.”
The Maulvis said they hope to convert the upper two floors of office space at 158 Main to 14 apartments: four studios, two one-bedroom and one two-bedroom on each floor. At 200 Main, the plans are to build 19 apartments, 13 of them studios on the upper floors.
The renovations would mean the commercial tenants on those floors — Michael Marcinek’s Fletcher Thompson, an architectural and engineering firm; Greg Stamos, a local lawyer; Tom-Watt, a fundraising sales firm; BHcare, a non-profit health care firm and the Valley Independent Sentinel — would move to lower floors.
Marcinek said he did not believe the month’s delay would affect plans to have the apartments ready in December once they get their approvals.
“We can start on the...
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