A development group headed by Scott Shapiro, a South Hanover Avenue resident who was an aide to former Mayor Jim Gray, made a presentation to the Mentelle Neighborhood Association board last Wednesday. The group has purchased the stone yard along Midland Avenue and will soon seek rezoning to develop 180 market-rate apartments aimed at young professionals. The board was favorably impressed by the project.
The apartments would be in two five-story buildings on the site with 210 parking spaces and about 2,000 square feet of first-floor retail space. The main entrance would be on Midland with a secondary entrance on Owen Avenue, the small piece of a street beside the “flat iron” building.
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