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Planning board reviews Route 29 mixed-use proposal with traffic, wetlands and access questions
Summary
Prime Companies presented a revised plan for a 17-acre mixed-use development along NYS Route 29; the Saratoga Springs Planning Board identified traffic analysis, pedestrian connectivity, steep‑slope and wetland variances, and park connections as items for detailed review.
Prime Companies representatives described a revised mixed-use proposal for a roughly 17-acre site along New York State Route 29 that would combine multifamily housing, row houses for sale, and a 110-room hotel, and include a range of amenities and connections to a planned nearby city park.
At a high level, the applicant said the plan includes two large multifamily “H” buildings comprising 344 units, row houses with rear garages for sale, a hotel (four stories, 110 rooms), courtyard amenities, and a mix of surface and concealed parking totaling about 751 stalls (including >400 garage/underground spaces). The proposal would provide a boulevard road to be designed to city standards and proposed to be turned over to the city; an internal U‑shaped road would remain private but built to the same standards. The applicant reported prior planning board review sessions over the past two years and said some previously proposed all‑residential layouts were revised to incorporate commercial frontage in response to board direction.
Board members directed staff and the applicant to pursue more…
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