BAR HARBOR – In place of a motel and a nursing home, both of which have been defunct in recent years, developers hope to build more than 60 housing units off Highbrook Road and in Hulls Cove.

During preliminary sketch plan reviews Wednesday, representatives of the projects told the planning board that they intend to do what they can to make sure the developments do not have an adverse effect on local traffic flow and storm water runoff patterns.

There is one local development issue, however, that the projects likely will not address, according to the planning board chairman.

“This does not address the affordable housing issue in Bar Harbor,” Robert Garland said.

Mary Denison, an Augusta attorney representing Summit House property owner Linda Shelton and a Florida development company, told the planning board that the co-developers hope to demolish Summit House and build 52 condominium units in its place.

Each unit is projected to sell in the range of $400,000, according to town officials.

Another, smaller project planned for the corner of Route 3 and Crooked Road in Hulls Cove is expected to have similarly priced units.

“They’ll probably be in the mid-300 [thousand dollar] range,” Robert Bond told the board.

Bond said he is proposing to build 11 or 12 duplex units on land where the former Cove Motel recently was demolished.

Garland reassured neighbors of the Summit House property, several of whom attended the planning board meeting, that the board intends to be vigilant in reviewing the proposal, which is still in the preliminary stages.

“This is a big development,” he said. “It’s going to have an impact on the town in a lot of ways.”

The condominiums will be visible from the nearby Park Loop Road in Acadia National Park, according to Garland. He urged neighbors to keep an eye on any development activity that occurs on the property.

“I don’t want anyone to think this board is just going to rubber-stamp this proposal,” the chairman said.

Denison acknowledged there are existing storm water runoff problems at the property but said they will be alleviated when the site is redeveloped.

Summit House was built in 1975 but has been empty since April 2003, after new federal laws prompted the facility to make an unsuccessful attempt to financially restructure itself, the attorney said.

“It’s a bit of a white elephant sitting up there on the hill,” she said.