The development entity Beacon 248 Holdings LLC based in Poughkeepsie, which is headed by Bernard Kohn, wants to change its plans for a project at 248 Tioronda Ave. in Beacon that has been partially completed. The developer has already built two residential buildings containing 64 apartments and has dubbed the development The Arno. As originally proposed, a 25,400-square-feet office building was going to be constructed with the residential buildings on a 9.18-acre site.
Now, instead of constructing the office building, the developer is seeking approvals to put up two residential buildings and the Beacon Planning Board had scheduled an Aug. 11 public hearing on the proposal.
The developer is seeking to have 78 apartments in one of the new buildings and 58 in the other one. This would bring the total number of residential units in the overall development to 200. Of the 136 proposed new dwelling units, 27 would be priced below market rates as affordable housing. Overall, there would be 53 studios, 76 one-bedroom units, 44-two-bedroom units, seven three-bedroom units, eight one-bedroom duplexes, nine one-bedroom townhomes with a home office and three one-bedroom townhouses without a home office.
Other changes asked for in an amended site plan include an outdoor amenity plaza with a swimming pool, a publicly accessible dog run, a publicly accessible pollinator and community garden, and an extension to a Greenway Trail.
The developer is proposing to install green roofs on the buildings for a total of 10,000 square feet. It also said that mechanicals on the roofs would be moved back from the perimeter making them less visible from ground level. It was going to review its plans regarding outdoor lighting at the new buildings to ensure that the proposed light fixtures would provide appropriate coverage.
The Planning Board has asked the developer to provide renderings that show the proposed buildings in greater detail than in what it has already been submitted.
The development site previously was where the Technical Tape Company, manufacturer of Tuck Tape, had a plant from 1960 to 1989. The plant was demolished in 2005 after having previously been damaged in a fire. The company had been sued for dumping pollutants into the Fishkill Creek, which is situated adjacent to the property.
