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Greystar updates Whittington Mills plan; council presses on traffic, parking and school impacts

Taunton City Municipal Council and Committees
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Summary

Greystar presented updates to the Whittington Mills redevelopment proposal (390 residential units; 195 parking waiver) and described traffic mitigation, a $10 million site remediation estimate, community benefits and a proposed on‑site garden and EV infrastructure. Councilors and peer reviewers focused on sight lines at Whittington & Bay, parking triggers, school‑age enrollment projections (57–72 students) and utility upgrades; the council continued the hearing to April 29.

Greystar Development returned to the municipal council on Tuesday to update staff and neighbors on the continued special‑permit hearing for the proposed Whittington Mills redevelopment at 437 Whittington Street.

Greg Sampson, the applicant’s attorney, opened the presentation with an overview of recent steps: a community meeting, planning‑board site‑plan review, a conservation commission hearing, and submission of updated peer‑review responses and an excerpted fiscal impact analysis. "We have made some good progress," Sampson said, and he noted the submission included updated tax‑revenue and school‑impact numbers.

Aaron Corcoran and the Greystar team described the project program: roughly 390 residential units in ten buildings, about 62% one‑bedroom or junior one‑bedroom units, 23% two‑bedrooms and 15% three‑bedrooms; a 3,800‑square‑foot resident clubhouse; 10,000 square feet of…

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