The DERELICT BUILDINGS AT 839-845 NANTASKET AVENUE WOULD BE DEMOLISHED AND REPLACED BY A NINE-UNIT TOWNHOUSE COMPLEX, ACCORDING TO PLANS SUBMITTED BY A DEVELOPER. [File photo]

By Christopher Haraden

The planning board and the zoning board of appeals will review the proposed nine-unit development that would replace the long-vacant property that once housed the Lighthouse Restaurant, Sunset Marine, and an apartment building at the base of Allerton Hill.

While the main structure does not require zoning relief, the proposed covered parking structures and the public pavilion require a special permit from the ZBA. A board of appeals hearing scheduled for February 3 was postponed at the applicant’s request and will now be opened on Tuesday, March 17.

Click here to review the plans submitted to the town by the developer

The planning board’s site-plan review hearing next week for hearing on the development, to be known as “The Point,” will be held on Wednesday, March 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the high school. The hearing was rescheduled from February 25.

Chris Reale of Hingham, former owner of the Paragon Boardwalk, also needs a special permit/variance from the zoning board of appeals to redevelop the 3.3-acre property at 839, 843, and 845 Nantasket Ave.

The proposal for the development includes constructing nine townhouse-style units with a shared deck and parking underneath, an accessory pavilion, and two canopies for covered parking.

THE NINE UNITS WOULD BE STAND-ALONE STRUCTURES CONNECTED BY DECKING. RENDERING FROM PLANS SUBMITTED BY THE DEVELOPER. CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL SUBMISSION.

The maximum height of the proposed buildings would be about 33.6 feet, and there would be a total of 41 parking spaces. Reale’s firm, The Point Nantasket Realty, LLC, filed the proposal on behalf of ARC DC, LLC, the current owner of the property.

The site was previously operated as a combination of residential and marine-related uses, including a dock and restaurant. ARC DC purchased the site, once owned by businessman William R. Kelley, from a court-appointed receiver for $1.05 million in 2018.

The proposal calls for demolishing the four existing structures – which have been boarded up and surrounded by fencing for years – repairing the existing dock and building the nine new residential units.

As part of the redevelopment, Reale proposes paving a section of Cadish Avenue that crosses the property but is now unpaved. Referenced on the plans as Bay Avenue – the former name of Cadish Avenue – the road would be improved to a width of 20 feet and available for public use.

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