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Owner of Four-Unit Office Building Seeks To Convert It into Four Condos

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The owners of a four-unit office building in downtown New Canaan are seeking to convert those offices into residential condominiums, according to an application filed with the town. Built in 1975, the structure at 93 Cherry St. has always been used for offices. Yet in the last five years, its owners—town residents John and Alice Chen—have “had trouble finding interested tenants for any of the units,” according to an application filed with Planning & Zoning by  New Canaan-based attorney Kay Jex. “At the suggestion of several Realtors and the applicant’s architect, they would like to convert the building into residential apartments,” Jex said in the application.

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Neighbors Voice Concerns about Proposed Development of Private Road Lot

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Residents of a private road in New Canaan, as well as property owners contiguous to a recently subdivided 1-acre lot off of it, told planning officials on Tuesday that the proposed development of that parcel has them worried about runoff, privacy and future construction traffic. Richards Lane itself is narrow, has no cul-de-sac for turning around, and heavy rains have caused flooding, neighbors told the Planning & Zoning Commission during a public hearing, held in the Town Meeting Room. “My concern—and I think I am speaking most of Richards Lane—the concern is really around traffic on the lane,” said Neil Collins, a Richards Lane resident who volunteered that he is selling his own home, and who lives opposite the lot in question (number 62). “Also, the construction period. It is a narrow lane, and just the amount of truck traffic, construction traffic going down it.