Developer Withdraws Plans for Luxury Hyannis Condos

CCB MEDIA PHOTO An architect's rendering of a new condominium project Stuart Bornstein wants to build on Hyannis Harbor.

CCB MEDIA PHOTO
An architect’s rendering of a new condominium project Stuart Bornstein wants to build on Hyannis Harbor.

HYANNIS – A Barnstable developer has withdrawn his $30 million condominium development from review after a board criticized the design of the project.

Stuart Bornstein had presented plans for a 33-unit luxury condominium development at the corner of South Street and School Street, overlooking Hyannis Harbor.

But members of the Hyannis Main Street Waterfront Historic District Commission said they did not like the modern look of the architect’s design for the buildings.

At the developer’s request, commission members agreed at their meeting last week to allow Bornstein to withdraw the plans without prejudice.

That allows him to return with revised plans at any time.

At the commission’s August meeting, Bornstein had expressed frustration with the criticism of the project.

“I’m 73. We put our hearts into this. This was 18 months of work. I’ll probably license it as a parking lot,” Bornstein said at the August meeting.

Bornstein said the development will clean up a blighted area and generate tax revenue for the town.

After first saying he was going to give up on the project entirely, he agreed to allow the committee to continue the meeting to September 16. Before that meeting, though, he submitted a letter requesting the withdrawal.

By LAURA M. RECKFORD, CapeCod.com News Editor

Comments

  1. “I’m 73. We put our hearts into this. This was 18 months of work.” At 73 and with your experience you should have known and I am sure you did.. You as a ‘developer’ just want more money. If you cared about Cape Cod as well, you would decrease the density and make it fit in, not like something from the Bay Area, CA. Your hearts? Few would believe you. If it is true, then take your vision somewhere it fits in. Are you just wanting credit for being the guy who broke the historic aesthetic barrier on Cape Cod?

    Or could it be you are just aware of how the younger market has shifted to preferring this kind of living? Just look at the trend in Seattle…
    Or how to market the image of a place in such a way that you can justify hefty prices per-unit? After all, it calls itself luxury, so it must be!

    I’m sure you are well aware of the market you are trying to attract.. an average earning New Yorker with some cash to spare may be quite interested in something that says ‘I’m luxury, and I stand out from the rest.’

    What you are trying to do is going on everywhere in this Country, can we just leave a few gems alone please? Cape Cod is really special.. I’ve seen enough to know.

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