Royal Crest Developer To Update Planning Board Tuesday

NORTH ANDOVER, MA — The developer behind the proposed Royal Crest Estates rebuild will update the North Andover Planning Board on their plans for the property Tuesday.

Responding to resident complaints about density, building heights and other issues, the developer cut 63 proposed townhouse units, 100 age-restricted 55+ units and 169 multifamily units from their proposal in June.

The June version would result in 1,309 units, down from 1,641 in the original proposal.

Currently, the 50-year-old property has 588 units.

The cuts did not affect the 385 proposed mixed-income units that count toward the town's 40B metrics or the 250 student units.

The revised plans also reduced the footprints and heights of some buildings, as well as the size of parking structures.

At Tuesday evening's meeting, the developer Trinity Financial will present a revised program summary, new drawings and a video rendering to the board.

Christopher Huffaker can be reached at 412-265-8353 or chris.huffaker@patch.com.