More on Proposed Brighton Development
Check out this article in the Democrat and Chronicle today. It describes the proposal and issues. Certainly worth a read.
The proposal has three distinct parts: additional medical offices at Clinton Crossing, a corporate center, and a lifestyle center on the east end of the parcel with retail space, a hotel and a convention center.
The town is waiting for Costello to submit a draft environmental impact statement for the project, which will address such issues as how much traffic the complex will produce.
The lifestyle center would be filled with restaurants, boutiques and other retailers, some locally owned, some national chains. Possible tenants are the high-end Ruth’s Chris Steak House and Whole Foods Market, a natural and organic supermarket.
An Embassy Suites Hotel, which Costello said has already signed on, and a conference center would form the western boundary of the lifestyle center.
The parcel is zoned residential, but the 2000 comprehensive plan recommends low density office use for the site, said town planner Ramsey Boehner.
Costello said he never would have bought the land if the comprehensive plan didn’t recommend the office use, but Boehner said that recommendation doesn’t accommodate the developer’s plans anyway.
A hotel and conference center? A hotel? A quick Google search shows 10 hotels with in 2 miles of the planned protest today. 2 miles. Is hotel business booming that we need another hotel?
Frequent readers of this blog and my posts know what words are coming next - Like the taste of a bad peanut can you say Wellesley Inn. That was the one where the owners received a COMIDA grant because the hotel was labeled as a tourist destination. How did that work out anyway?
I will have to admit this seems like a lot of development for a small town. Personally, I’d like to see more kids in our world class schools. I don’t think that comes with high density zoning.
I have to believe that there is much more than meets the eye here with regards to this development.
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This is a horrible idea. We LOVE seeing the greenspace. We don’t need the deevelopment…period.
Whole Foods in Rochester? That’s funny.
Ok, that’s too much development, but selfishly speaking, I’d love a Whole Foods in the area.
why is that funny? I think Brighton is their target demographic.
fact is, Costello owns the land. he is going to build something on it.
besides, all that open land isn’t going to be all that open once Faith Temple builds their mind control complex next door anyways.
Re Whole Foods.
Um, so this upscale organic wunderstore can only come to Rochester if it is built on virgin land in Brighton? That’s funny.
Seems with the economic down turn there are plenty of places to insert a store in the Rochester Area. Assuming Whole Foods given their recent slump actually builds a store. From their CEO to the Washington Post)
Personally I thing Whole Foods is a red Herring
Hep is correct Costelo will build something the question on the table is what and If the town of Brighton will rezone why is residential (or low commercial to High density commercial)
Somehow the thought of another Jefferson Road near my house doesn’t fly.
LOL…..that is pretty ironic isn’t it.
have they had to release anything official yet for the occupancy rates for Clinton Crossing?
“Um, so this upscale organic wunderstore can only come to Rochester if it is built on virgin land in Brighton? That’s funny”
Why, no…that’s why I used the word “selfishly”. I’m not actually supporting the proposal. I also don’t support 950 changing its format, though I really enjoy ESPN radio and thruthfully would listen to it a lot.
It’s about the greater good.
Whole foods doesn’t want to compete in this market.
It is a red herring.
Andrea - I think your points were clear before but thanks for the explanation.
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