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Planning board approves Lewiston Mall retail conversion, requires traffic and pedestrian improvements
Summary
The board approved a change of use at the former Sears site (20 East Avenue) to allow a new retail tenant, directing the applicant to satisfy a traffic movement permit, pay review fees, and complete required traffic and pedestrian improvements and engineer certifications before a certificate of occupancy.
The Lewiston Planning Board voted Nov. 20 to approve John Lee Lewiston LLC’s amendment to the Lewiston Mall for a new retail store in the former Sears space at 20 East Avenue (7.4 acres), subject to conditions tied to traffic improvements. Staff and the applicant described a modest site plan that demolishes roughly 10,000 square feet of the old Sears building to create ADA-accessible parking, adds landscaped islands, replaces an aging transformer, and modestly reduces impervious area.
The project triggered a…
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