Developer appealing Lebanon’s decision to torpedo Prospect Hills housing project
Modified: 5/15/2021 10:58:26 PM
LEBANON A Manchester development firm is using a new avenue in its appeal of the city’s decision to effectively kill a 117-unit housing project near Lebanon Middle School, saying the proposal was met with “hostility and dislike” by officials.
Brady Sullivan argues the Lebanon Planning Board acted unfairly when it voted unanimously in March to deny the Prospect Hills subdivision an extension needed to start work on its second phase.
At the time, officials said they’d allowed the developer enough leeway. The second phase a mix of single-family homes and townhouse-style units on a 40-acre wooded parcel off Prospect Street was first proposed 15 years ago, and the Planning Board issued renewals in 2016 and 2018.
DHMC, others to pay portion of road upgrade
Modified: 3/31/2021 10:20:17 PM
LEBANON Plans to upgrade a heavily trafficked intersection near Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center would see the hospital and nearby property owners split planning and construction costs over multiple years.
But the burden won’t be evenly applied to all.
The hospital which owns 10 properties within an assessment district proposed by city planners would be on the hook for more than 83% of the price tag for projects that will cost at least hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Officials say that’s because the majority of drivers passing through the intersection of Mount Support Road and Lahaye Drive are on their way to and from DHMC.
Lebanon Prospect Hills development runs out of time
Modified: 3/14/2021 11:06:12 PM
LEBANON City officials have signaled that they’re tired of waiting on a major developer from Manchester to deliver on its promise to build 117 new homes near Lebanon Middle School, deciding to effectively kill the 15-year-old project.
The Lebanon Planning Board voted unanimously last week to deny Brady Sullivan an extension that would have allowed it to continue work on the Prospect Hills subdivision into 2024.
Construction on the project’s second phase, 43 single-family homes and 74 townhouse-style units on a 40-acre wooded parcel, was supposed to be underway in December.
However, the COVID-19 pandemic and unexpected problems wrapping up the development’s first phase 54 homes around Mountain View Drive delayed that work, according to Brady Sullivan’s representatives.