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Toll Brothers officials said they would change some of the taller buildings in their planned 521-unit development at 100 Mayfield Ave. during another hearing on the huge project last week.
In a meeting of the city’s Development Review Committee last Thursday, neighbors described some of the planned structures as being too massive, while committee members said they looked like large office buildings.
In response, Toll Brothers division president Rick Nelson said the company would make the structures “more residential in character.”
The criticism was directed at the three- to five-story condo buildings that take up the center and southwest corner of the 27-acre site. Committee members and neighbors said they were happy with the design of the single-family homes that will be built adjacent to the existing neighborhood, but they said the condos did not have enough “openness,” would look “overwhelming” and “hard-edged,” and would not be a place one could call home.
Neighbors also raised concerns about the substantial balconies on the condo units, which they said would provide new residents with views into the backyards of the existing neighborhood.
“These are not token terraces,” said one Toll Brothers employee. “We want people to be able to use these.”
Current plans are for condo units in the three- and four-story buildings to be in the 1,250-square-foot range, while the units in the four- and five-story buildings will be in the 1,600-square-foot range. There will be two-story lobbies and “stoop” entrances at the street level. The buildings will be painted in lighter tones that will make the buildings appear smaller, one official said.
