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Article: DEVELOPER USES 40B AS LEVERAGE ON ZONING CHANGE VOTE
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- October 6, 2002
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A developer says he might be forced to build affordable housing if
a zoning change for a parcel of land near Betty's Neck doesn't go his
way.
Easecat Inc. of Attleboro has a $1.25 million purchase-and-sale
agreement for 68 acres of land owned by Christian Loranger. The bulk
of the land is zoned industrial. Easecat and selectmen are seeking a
zoning change to residential and will put the matter to a Town
Meeting vote in May.
If the zoning does change, Easecat president Ronald P. Turowetz
said, he will build 30 to 34 homes that will sell for an average of
$500,000, per a contract he signed with selectmen establishing the
high-end prices. In addition, if voters approve a second question ...