Springfield’s city attorney says a New York developer can proceed with a revised zoning request to allow some of the Wyndham City Centre downtown to be converted to apartments.
The City Council has twice rejected the request, which initially called for 400 apartments and 80 hotel rooms in the 30-story structure. The new zoning request calls for 275 apartments and 125 hotel rooms.
City ordinance says a zoning proposal seeking the “same relief” could not be heard for 18 months… but corporation counsel Jim Zerkle says the new proposal is different enough to allow it to be heard right away.
