Hooksett planning board debates townhouse mix versus single 80‑unit building at College Park Drive

Developers seeking to redevelop land on College Park Drive presented a revised concept to the Hooksett Planning Board on Monday, June 2, laying out two options for 80 residential units and asking for the board’s direction on building type, architecture and layout.

Town planner Grant opened the presentation, telling the board that “the zoning board approved the variance for residential use of this property” and that the applicant’s latest plan consolidates the dwelling units into a single four‑story building rather than nine townhouse buildings.

The plan shown to the board calls for an 80‑unit, four‑story residential building on the western portion of the site. The applicant said total off‑street parking for the residential component would drop in the new proposal from 244 spaces in earlier plans to 192, a decrease the applicant linked in part to a likely state change that would limit municipal parking requirements to one space per unit.

John Gronen, representing the applicant, introduced the design…