Apartments, stores planned in Slingerlands

Bethlehem

The Windsor Development Group in Clifton Park is planning to build a new apartment complex in Slingerlands that would also include space for retail stores or offices.

The company, which built the Slingerlands Price Chopper plaza and The Hamlet apartments next door, wants to build the newest project on a portion of the Slingerlands Bypass just northeast of the Vista Technology Campus.

The project would include two buildings, including a 26-unit apartment building that would have 3,500 square feet of "flex" space on the ground floor for retail or office tenants that would face Route 85. A second building would have eight apartments that would be set back from the road.

The Bethlehem Zoning Board of Appeals is holding a public hearing on Wednesday to consider a variance for the height of the pitched-roof of the larger building, which would be 50 feet at the peak.

If approved, the new Windsor Development project would be the first construction on the Slingerlands Bypass since the Vista tech campus was built, a move that could spur other development along that section of the highway, which brings motorists behind the Price Chopper and to Vista.

Vista itself has been growing. The tech park is home to a ShopRite supermarket, as well as several banks and restaurants. Its first high-tech tenant, Monolith Solar, is planning a large office and manufacturing site, in addition to a large solar farm.

By opening up land to motorists with the bypass, the town has sought a mix of retail, office and residential developments. Designs submitted to the town for the new apartments in Slingerlands have gabled roofs that are similar to the design of The Hamlet apartments that Windsor Development also owns next to the Price Chopper. Balzer + Tuck in Saratoga Springs is the architect on the project.

Windsor Development also owns The Shops at Village Plaza in Clifton Park, as well as a 50-acre site in Malta. It also has projects in Florida.

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Apartments, stores planned in Slingerlands