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ZBA approves carriage-house conversion at 84th Street, finding project essentially new construction

Troy Zoning Board of Appeals · July 11, 2025
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The board approved an area variance for the carriage-house redevelopment at 84th Street after concluding the rear structure is functionally new construction; members debated whether 350-square-foot studio units would set a precedent for small units in existing buildings.

The Troy Zoning Board of Appeals approved DLZBA 20250037, allowing expansion and rehabilitation of a carriage-house property on 84th Street after a series of hearings over whether the work amounted to new construction or rehabilitation of an existing building.

Kyle Engstrom of ME Studio Architects described plans to convert the front house into eight apartments above a ground-floor…

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