Developer Updates Plans for 269 Wickenden

The building has drawn local ire for its scale and potential to bring new residents, and their cars, to the neighborhood. In revised plans, developers have responded by decreasing the height of the building and removing parking spaces for residents.

The developers have stripped the proposed building of any parking and changed the building’s legal frontage to face Brook Street instead of Wickenden Street, and have decreased the building’s height.
In the newest rendering, developers have stripped the proposed building of any parking and changed the building’s legal frontage to face Brook Street instead of Wickenden Street, and have decreased the building’s height.
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The developers have stripped the proposed building of any parking and changed the building’s legal frontage to face Brook Street instead of Wickenden Street, and have decreased the building’s height.
In the newest rendering, developers have stripped the proposed building of any parking and changed the building’s legal frontage to face Brook Street instead of Wickenden Street, and have decreased the building’s height.
Providence Group
Developer Updates Plans for 269 Wickenden
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Providence developers Dustin Dezube and Kevin Diamond with the Providence Group have submitted revised plans for an apartment complex that would be located at 269 Wickenden Street. The City Plan Commission is set to review the proposal at its upcoming meeting on Jan. 21.

The preliminary plans come more than a year after the City Plan Commission approved the master plan, although the developers substantially altered their designs based on stipulations and feedback from the Commission and members of the public.

The developers have stripped the proposed building of any parking and changed the building’s legal frontage to face Brook Street instead of Wickenden Street, and have decreased the building’s height.

Project architect Kevin Diamond says his redesign also directly addresses criticism voiced by members of the public during hours of public testimony at previous City Plan Commission meetings. Chief among the complaints has been the building’s scale. Many residents think a building taller than four stories is too big for a historic street with mostly two and three story mixed-use buildings.

“We’ve really made an effort,” Diamond said. “And I don’t think it’s going to mean that everyone’s going to love everything all the time, but I think it’s going to mean that people see that we listen and that we’re trying our best.”

This story was reported by The Public’s Radio. You can read the entire story here.

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