Last Friday, a developer submitted a permit application to now renovate the abandoned building into an apartment complex.Over the past several years, some of Burlington’s homeless population had taken over the former YMCA.The Ward 8 Neighborhood Planning Assembly said they’re in “total agreement the current site is a serious problem.” For committee members like Keith Pillsbury, plans for turning the building into apartments is only the first step in reclaiming the space and brining more housing to the district.As the zoning permit application laid out, the renovation will bring 110,000 square feet of new housing to Ward 8.The apartments will range from studios to 1, to 2, to 3-bedroom apartments intended for residents outside of the student population. Plus, 10% to 20% of them are expected to be affordable housing options.The $200 million project will expand the former Y and add 6 floors. The current blueprint outlined a lounge area, meeting space, laundry room, fitness center, sauna, and outdoor patio, along with a two-level underground parking garage. Pillsbury believes the new apartments will bring more life and business downtown. He shared why he thinks they will be crucial to Ward 8: ““We don’t see as many people just sort of walking around and looking and we know that our stores need to have, what they call pedestrian traffic, to attract people to come into a store.”NBC5 was unable to get in touch with the project’s developer, so a timeline for the apartments’ construction is unclear.Hopefully, renovation of the former Y is just the beginning of adding housing and beautifying ward 8.
Last Friday, a developer submitted a permit application to now renovate the abandoned building into an apartment complex.
Over the past several years, some of Burlington’s homeless population had taken over the former YMCA.
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The Ward 8 Neighborhood Planning Assembly said they’re in “total agreement the current site is a serious problem.” For committee members like Keith Pillsbury, plans for turning the building into apartments is only the first step in reclaiming the space and brining more housing to the district.
As the zoning permit application laid out, the renovation will bring 110,000 square feet of new housing to Ward 8.
The apartments will range from studios to 1, to 2, to 3-bedroom apartments intended for residents outside of the student population. Plus, 10% to 20% of them are expected to be affordable housing options.
The $200 million project will expand the former Y and add 6 floors. The current blueprint outlined a lounge area, meeting space, laundry room, fitness center, sauna, and outdoor patio, along with a two-level underground parking garage.
Pillsbury believes the new apartments will bring more life and business downtown. He shared why he thinks they will be crucial to Ward 8: ““We don’t see as many people just sort of walking around and looking and we know that our stores need to have, what they call pedestrian traffic, to attract people to come into a store.”
NBC5 was unable to get in touch with the project’s developer, so a timeline for the apartments’ construction is unclear.
Hopefully, renovation of the former Y is just the beginning of adding housing and beautifying ward 8.
