A proposal to construct a 12-unit condominium building on a 0.48-acre site at 510 North Broadway in White Plains has been submitted by developers Eric Abraham and Charles Raspler. They are principals of Comstock Residential Contracting based in Purchase.
The company says that since its founding in 1994, it has “built, renovated, remodeled and restored hundreds of homes in Westchester and Southern Fairfield counties. As our project sizes has grown over the years we have made the strategic decision to keep our company relatively small to provide a level of service and project oversight by our principals which sets us apart from our competition.”
According to Attorney Steven Wrabel of the White Plains-based law firm McCullough, Goldberger & Staudt, LLP, the new building would be three stories in height. It would have parking underneath along with additional at-grade parking in the back to provide 25 spaces, one more than required under zoning. There would be 12 spaces in the garage as well as one space there for handicapped parking.
Wrabel said that the project would take steps to mitigate flooding problems with a new stormwater system. In addition, the building would have rooftop amenities for residents and solar panels. In addition, there would be new landscaping.
The site now has on it a vacant office building that previously had been a residence. The structure would be demolished to make way for the proposed building.
Architect Gregg DeAngelis explained that there would be four units on each floor with each having three bedrooms and two baths and sized at approximately 1,600 to 1,700 square feet each.
“We did get a variance from the Zoning Board to increase the height 3.7-feet … to get some better ceiling heights in the units for marketability,” DeAngelis said. “It’s close to the North White Plains train station so it’s very convenient.”
DeAngelis said there is the required 10-feet buffer along the front and rear of the site. He said the developers plan to work out an easement with a neighbor that will allow the neighbor to keep using an existing driveway that is partially on the development’s property. He said that the planned rooftop deck is designed to have minimal impact on the neighbors and there will be plentiful plantings to provide screening for the neighbors.
Joseph Riina of Site Design Consultants said that stormwater currently drains from east to west through the back of the site for the proposed development and causes flooding of adjoining properties. He said that new piping and a subsurface detention system would mitigate any increase in stormwater attributable to the new building while relieving an existing flooding problem.
Wrabel said that the city does not require any of the units to be priced as affordable housing since they are condominiums and not rental apartments.
