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Planning board approves concept for 10,000‑sq‑ft Learning Experience daycare on Albany Shaker Road
Summary
Colonie planners granted concept approval for a 10,000‑sq‑ft Learning Experience daycare at 447 Albany Shaker Road after the applicant submitted a traffic study accepted by Albany County, updated elevations and neighborhood outreach; mitigation includes a right‑out exit, six‑foot privacy fence around the playground and landscape buffering.
The Colonie Planning Board granted concept approval June 9 for a proposed 10,000‑square‑foot daycare center and 5,000‑square‑foot playground at 447 Albany Shaker Road.
Ryan Carroll of LaBella Associates, representing Benchmark Group, said the applicant completed a traffic study that Albany County reviewed and accepted; the site plan provides a right‑out only at the northern entrance and a right/left exit at the southern entrance to reduce left‑turn conflicts. Carroll said updated building elevations include a stone facade, and the applicant proposes landscaping and a six‑foot vinyl privacy fence so the playground is visible only to enrolled children.
Carroll said hours of operation would be 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., and DEC staff confirmed no freshwater permitting is required for the site. Planning staff and board members asked for additional landscape buffering, dumpster enclosure details and final photometrics; staff said those items will be handled at the completeness and final site‑plan stage.
The board moved, seconded and approved the concept motion. The approval was conditioned on addressing the planning office’s comments on landscaping, dumpster access and circulation during the next submission.
