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Commission approves preliminary plan for Cranston Print Works redevelopment, limits approval to staff conditions 1–4

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The Planning Commission approved a preliminary plan for the Cranston Print Works redevelopment by Brady Sullivan, authorizing 100 residential units and mixed self-storage while imposing conditions on technical approvals, landscaping near power lines, and driveway controls; bike-rack requirement was removed after debate.

The Cranston City Planning Commission on April 1 granted preliminary plan approval for the Cranston Print Works redevelopment, a mill‑conversion and new self‑storage project proposed by Brady Sullivan and ownership entities CPW Apartments LLC and CPW True Storage LLC.

Attorney Robert Murray and project engineer Michael Malinowski presented a preliminary plan for the 1381 Cranston Street property that conforms to a city council zone change allowing a mixed industrial‑multifamily redevelopment. The master plan and zoning change approved earlier allowed up to 150 multifamily units; the developer’s preliminary plan before the commission proposed 100 residential units after one structurally deficient building was demolished during site preparation.

Murray and Malinowski told the commission the project has received multiple outside approvals:…

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