The entities 423 Commerce St LLC and 429 Commerce St LLC have proposed constructing a four-story mixed-use building at 423 and 429 Commerce St. in Hawthorne that would have 12 apartments, office space and spaces for commercial and retail use.
Architect Steve Dimovski, of Dimovski Architecture in Thornwood told the Town of Mount Pleasant Planning Board, “The site is approximately 16,500 square feet. Our parking is behind the building. We have 17 parking spaces required; we’re providing 18. There will be six one-bedroom units and six two-bedroom units, two retail stores and one office on the main floor, a small basement floor entrance from the back of the building into a lobby, elevators. There will be some mechanical rooms downstairs.”
Dimovski said that the way the proposed building currently is designed it is 18 inches higher than is allowed by zoning at 41 feet and six inches but the developer was assured by a Mount Pleasant staff member that the restriction could be waived.
Dimovski said that all the two-bedroom apartments would have two bathrooms and the one-bedroom units would have one full bath and a powder room. Each unit would have a clothes washer and dryer. Most of the bedrooms have walk-in closets, according to Dimovski.
“We meet all of the requirements of the Form-Based Code,” Dimovski said. “Because the property slopes in the back we have to raise the building high enough to get access to the sewer system and the drainage system so where we have the building sited is the lowest we can bring it for stormwater, for sewage.”
Dimovski said that he planned to address comments that have been made and would continue discussions with town staff. The Planning Board voted to declare itself lead agency for purposes of the environmental view of the project and suggested that Dimovski should update the project’s Environmental Assessment Form and return at some point in the future with finalized plans for consideration.
