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Elm Place proposal gets thumbs down from Swampscott selectmen
128-unit residential building too large for site
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The Swampscott Board of Selectmen has chosen not to support WinnCompanies’ 128-unit housing development proposed for the town, voting to express its opposition to the residential project’s current iteration in a so-called site-eligibility letter to the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development.
The selectmen’s site-eligibility letter to the state comes as WinnDevelopment undertakes a process to obtain a Chapter 40B comprehensive permit and state financing to construct the 152,000-square-foot building with 109 parking spaces at 21 Elm Place.
In Swampscott, Elm Place developers seek public input
Zoom meeting slated for Thursday, Jan. 21 at 6:30 p.m.
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Residents and community members are invited to participate in a virtual public discussion about WinnCompanies proposed 128-unit residential building in Swampscott.
The public meeting will occur at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 21. The discussion will come months after the development arm of WinnCompanies, a national housing development and management company, unveiled plans in 2020 to pursue the construction of a 152,000-square-foot building with a mixture of affordable housing and market-rate housing units at 21 Elm Place.
“The Elm Place project is planned as a transit-oriented development for working individuals, families, empty-nesters and active seniors who want to take advantage of the commuter rail station and senior center nearby and/or who want to downsize but stay in their community,” the town wrote i