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Planning board recommends Turnpike Commerce Park with variances and fenestration conditions
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Board voted to recommend the Turnpike Commerce Park project to the Town Commission, approving requested variances for buffer, parking, floor plate and orientation while requiring 30% fenestration on visible end caps and upper‑level windows on the turnpike‑facing sides.
The Town of Oakland Planning and Zoning Board voted to recommend the Turnpike Commerce Park design review to the Town Commission, approving several variances while attaching conditions on building fenestration.
Taylor Hague, a contracted town planner with the project staff, described the 13.8‑acre site as zoned industrial and said the proposal replaces a 2021 approval for a self‑storage development. The proposal calls for four single‑story industrial flex buildings, each 40,040 square feet, for a total of roughly 160,160 square feet. "Staff finds the proposed Turnpike Commerce Park, including the requested deviations, fulfills the purpose and intent of the design district," Hague said during the presentation.
Developer Drew Thickman of Greenbird Havens Properties said the company plans a single‑phase, 12‑month build and has secured project financing. "We anticipate it'll take us $34,000,000 to deliver this project in its entirety," Thickman said, and…
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