A development group is seeking to construct a four-building retail and apartment complex on 10.5 acres off Route 50 in Milton.<\/p>\n
Geoffrey Booth and New York Development Group is seeking town approval for two structures planned for retail use\u2014and two 37,800-square-foot apartment buildings on the west side of Route 50.<\/p>\n
The project would be located a short distance\u00a0 <\/span>south of Route 50 and Northline Road.<\/p>\n The plans submitted to town officials\u00a0 <\/span>call for the construction of one-story retail buildings and two four-story apartment buildings with a total of 60 apartments and enough parking for 213 cars and trucks.<\/p>\n The developer is working on the project with Yates Scott Lansing and Lansing Engineering of Malta.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are proposing a mixed-use development of residential and two retail buildings,\u201d Lansing told the board, according to documents filed with the town.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The first retail building will be approximately 5,400 square feet and is a single-story structure. The second building, a single-story structure,\u00a0 <\/span>is on the south part of the parcel will be approximately 7,900 square feet.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span>The building to the south is proposing a drive-through facility.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOur proposal for the multifamily residential portion of the project is two structures, both four stories, with 30 units per building. The units will have attached garages on the back. We are proposing private driveways and private parking for the residents,\u201d Lansing said.<\/p>\n Booth and his New York Development Group have built more than 2,000 apartments and homes over the past 20 years..<\/p>\n Located north of Ballston and three miles south of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center box office, the Broadalbin-based group\u2019s proposed project is in an area that has grown steadily. The town of Milton\u2019s population has grown by 28 percent, to 18,800, since 1990. And the town of Ballston\u2019s population has increased by 55 percent, to 12,550, during the same period, officials said.<\/p>\n An average of more than 13,100 vehicles travel that stretch of Route 50 daily, according to data available from the state Department of Transportation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A development group is seeking to construct a four-building retail and apartment complex on 10.5 acres off Route 50 in Milton. Geoffrey Booth and New York Development Group is seeking town approval for two structures planned for retail use\u2014and two 37,800-square-foot apartment buildings on the west side of Route 50. The project would be located […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment-development"],"yoast_head":"\r\n