Bornstein Presents 33-Unit Condo Project for Hyannis Harbor

CCB MEDIA PHOTO Developer Stuart Bornstein presents his plans for a 33-unit condominium development at the Dockside restaurant property on School Street on Hyannis Harbor to the Hyannis Main Street Waterfront Historic District Commission.

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Developer Stuart Bornstein presents his plans for a 33-unit condominium development at the Dockside restaurant property on School Street on Hyannis Harbor to the Hyannis Main Street Waterfront Historic District Commission.

HYANNIS – Developer Stuart Bornstein brought his plans for a 33-unit condominium complex on the Dockside restaurant parcel before the Hyannis Main Street Waterfront Historic District Commission last night.

He said the contemporary design proposed for the site was developed over many years using two architectural firms.

The new design replaces the original design that called for, he said, large “barn-like, airplane hangar-sized” buildings.

In the new design, the condominiums are divided into nine structures containing townhouse-style units with a roadway in between, making it look like a small neighborhood, he said.

Several commission members said they liked the design but commission member Marina Atsalis said the modern look does not fit on Hyannis Harbor.

“You know, it’s not Nantucket. It’s not Chatham. But you known, darn it, it’s Hyannis. It’s Hyannis Village. We take the brunt of everyone’s experimentation or ideas or companies coming in that are large companies,” she said.

CCB MEDIA PHOTO Drawings show developer Stuart Bornstein's plans for a contemporary-looking 33-unit condominium project on Hyannis Harbor.

Drawings show developer Stuart Bornstein’s plans for a contemporary-looking 33-unit condominium project on Hyannis Harbor.

Neighbors who attended the hearing spoke both for and against the project.

Bornstein said he spent a lot of time looking at the design and he asked the commissioners to also spend time looking at, to get used to it.

But Atsalis said looking at the drawings more would not change her mind that the style was not right for Hyannis Harbor.

This is not the first time Bornstein has tried to develop the property. He came to the town with a Chapter 40B affordable housing proposal in the 1990s. At that time, he was given permission to demolish the restaurant building, but since the project fell through, the demolition did not happen either.

In the new project, three of the units would be workforce housing, Bornstein said. The others would be high-end luxury units, ranging in size from 900 to 2,300 square feet, most with views of the harbor.

Last night, the commission voted unanimously to give Bornstein permission to demolish the Dockside restaurant building, as well as a 100-year-old single family home on the property.

But the commission did not vote on the condominium plans and continued the hearing until their next meeting on July 15.

By LAURA M. RECKFORD, CapeCod.com News Editor



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