Hermon mulls business expansion, subdivision

HERMON – Planning board members considered plans for two subdivision expansions and increased village development on Tuesday night.

Members preliminarily reviewed the second phase of the Cold Brook Business Park subdivision, which would include 11 additional lots on 25 acres, said Annette Merrithew, the town’s code enforcement officer.

The addition would bring the total number of lots to 30 in the subdivision owned by Dysarts Realty Inc., located off the Cold Brook Road in Hermon. Dysarts has proposed building two new roads off Dave’s Way for the project, she said. Dysarts is expected to seek final approval for the project at the May 20 meeting.

A second subdivision, a 13-lot expansion of the Streamside Subdivision on Black Stream Road, gained final approval with a few conditions, Merrithew said. The 13 lots will be built on nearly 20 acres.

The planning board also considered the addition of four storefronts in the village. Hermon Holdings LLC, which is developing the Route 2 property now home to Danforth’s Down Home Supermarket, plans to build a 34,500-square-foot addition to the existing grocery store structure. The addition, which will built in a strip mall-style, will house three storefronts: Family Dollar, a hardware store and a home design center. A separate 2,600-square- foot building, to be located near the Seaboard Federal Credit Union that is under construction, is proposed as a separate retail space with drive-through possibilities.

The existing supermarket contains a small space originally intended for Subway, but the deal fell through and a local man intends to start a pizza shop, said developer Tom Ellis. Anticipating approval from the planning board in May, Ellis said he hopes to start construction as soon as possible, pending permits from the state’s Department of Transportation and Department of Environmental Protection. The strip mall addition would be the first construction priority, he said.

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