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Troy board approves five variances for industrial building expansion at 61 13th Street

Troy Zoning Board of Appeals · January 9, 2026
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The Troy Zoning Board of Appeals approved five area variances to allow a 10,000-square-foot addition, revised loading, parking changes and a transparency exemption at 61 13th Street. The applicant, represented by Verity Engineering, argued the changes remove loading from the right-of-way and support tenant growth.

The Troy Zoning Board of Appeals approved five area variances Thursday for a proposed expansion at 61 13th Street, allowing a 10,000-square-foot addition and related site changes that the applicant said will move loading onto private property and add parking.

Brian Semperly of Verity Engineering told the board the site, owned by Energy Catalyst Technologies, is zoned Mixed Use 1 with a Neighborhood 2 intensity overlay and that the existing building pre-dates the zoning. Semperly said the project would increase gross floor area to 28,518 square feet, require a front-yard setback relief because…

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