Here for your reference are several maps and plans showing the area around View Avenue. In the 1916 Moriarty Plan of Building Lots directly below, we observe the right of way in the middle of the building lots is 30 feet wide. This may or may not have implications for Kohl Construction’s plans to have […]
Kohl Construction Plans
8 View Avenue To Be Demolished
The city has just circulated the following announcement… NORTHAMPTON HISTORICAL COMMISSION Site Visit Notice In preparation for a public hearing to address an application for demolition of a house at 8 View Avenue, to be heard July 30th at 6:30 p.m. in the City Hall Hearing Room 18; an on-site visit will be conducted by […]
Kohl’s Condo Proposal: Where Things Stand, and What You Can Do
Kohl Construction proposes to build 31 condo units in the forest between North Street and the bike path. This development, with its access roads and 66 parking spaces, will claim 5.49 acres of land. These pictures show the area affected:The urban forest behind North Street is already surrounded by developmentThe crucial large lots slated for […]
Benefits of Urban Wetlands and Their Buffer Areas
In their Wetlands Request for Determination of Applicability (PDF) filed with the city last month, Kohl Construction portrays the wetlands between North Street and the bike trail as “degraded”, partly because there’s a grain of truth to this and partly (presumably) to make people feel less bad about development in this area. Kohl’s Area Description: […]
Living City Properties Buys 26-28 Northern Avenue; Link to Kohl?
Today’s Gazette reports the following property transfer: Gabriele Lavallee, Gabrielle Lavallee, Roger Lavallee Attorney-in-fact, Roland Lavallee, Roland L. Lavallee, Living City Properties Inc., 26-28 Northern Ave., $315,000. Business West provides the following information about Living City Properties, a recent incorporation: Living City Properties Inc., 150 Main St., Suite 310, Northampton 01060. T. Wilson Flanders, 7 […]
Kohl Construction’s Wetlands Application
Here for your reference is Kohl Construction’s Wetlands Application (PDF) relating to its proposed condos behind North Street. Kohl is doing this project under the business names Northern Avenue Homes, Inc. and Tofino Associates, Inc. In the application, Kohl asserts there are no existing or potential vernal pools on the development site. Below are the […]
June 15 Gazette: “Concerns build up over condo proposal”
The Gazette earlier reported on Kohl Construction’s June community meeting. While not a new article, excerpts from it are provided here as a reference: …Denenfeld – and her neighbors living on both Northern Avenue and North Street – are concerned that a 5.49 acre, 31-unit condominium subdivision proposed for their neighborhood could strain traffic, ruin […]
Pictures of Kohl Construction’s Condo Plans
Doug Kohl presented these plans to the community on June 13. They show how 31 condo units would be distributed through the forest between North Street and the bike trail.