Middletown Commons, a mixed-use project proposed for 203-231 Dolson Ave. in the City of Middletown in Orange County is about to move into the environmental review stage. The developer is seeking site plan and special permit approvals. The plans for the project were developed in 2020 and received a few modifications in response to comments that emerged during the review process. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the Orange County Planning Board are among the agencies that wanted more dfetails about various aspects of what was being proposed.
After holding open a public hearing on the proposal, the Middletown Planning Board passed a resolution declaring its intent to be lead agency for purposes of environmental review under SEQRA, the State Environmental Quality Review Act.
The development proposal from the entity Middletown Commons, LLC calls for a six-story building with 150 apartments and about 13,000 square feet of ground floor commercial space. The site has an existing 28,000-square-foot office building and a 6,000 square foot pad is designated for future development. The plan calls for 491 parking spaces to be provided.
Caleb Carr of the engineering firm Mendenbach, Eggers & Carr told the Planning Board that the lower level of the new building would have several amenities for the residents as well as the commercial spaces.
“We don’t know those commercial spaces at the moment, but for parking considerations, we’ve put in a restaurant and several retail spaces,” Carr said.
Project Architect Joseph Thompson, whose firm is based in Peekskill said, “What we’ve tried to do in this mixed-use community is develop a building that’ll have a lot of nice amenities that should make it a desirable place to live.”
Thompson said that tenant amenities would include an indoor pool, gym and a café. He said that the parking would be designed so that spaces intended for use by people frequenting the commercial tenants would be closer to Dolson Avenue.
