ED DUMONT / GILBANE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
An artist's rendering shows the corner of Euclid and Thayer streets if Gilbane Development Corp. builds a planned apartment building there, called 257 Thayer.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Two residents are contesting a developer's Thayer Street proposal to construct an upscale apartment building near Brown University.
Grant Dulgarian and Seth Kurn list 15 reasons in their January 7 zoning appeal, which stopped the City Plan Commission from voting on Gilbane Development Corp.'s final plans Tuesday.
The 257 Thayer St. project proposes knocking down nine houses to build a four-story structure with about 95 apartments and room for more than 250 residents by August 2014.
The project, the appeal says, isn't consistent with Providence's comprehensive plan and doesn't reflect the strategies for the College Hill neighborhood. They also said the city exceeded the amount of times it can annually change the comprehensive plan.
The appeal will be heard in early February.