Development

Large Edgartown Subdivision Comes Before MVC for Review

A plan for 34 market-rate homes on 54 wooded acres off Meetinghouse Way in Edgartown is set for review early next year.

Last Piece of Southern Woodlands Sold, Permitting and Licensing Issues Ahead

A partnership led by a South Boston bar owner and condominium developer will pay $5.15 million for 51 acres in Oak Bluffs once planned as a luxury home development. Paul Adamson, a real estate developer who also owns Shenannigans, a South Boston pub, was the high bidder at a foreclosure auction June 26, held on the property off County Road formerly owned by Corey Kupersmith.

Last Piece of Southern Woodlands Sold at Auction for $5.15 Million

A partnership led by a South Boston businessman will pay $5.15 million for 51 acres in Oak Bluffs once planned as a luxury home development. Paul Adamson, a real estate developer, was high bidder at a foreclosure auction Friday.

Former Kupersmith Property to Be Sold

A foreclosure auction is set for Friday, June 26, for the property formerly owned by Corey Kupersmith. The auction begins at noon, at the site off County Road. Up for sale are 51 acres of land, which includes 20 building lots and two open space lots.

Development on Island Has Slowed From Boom Years, MVC Data Shows

An animation released this week by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission shows development over time since 1660. Revised commission calculations predict that the Island won’t reach buildout until the year 2089.

Building Permits On the Rise as Construction Sector Hammers Back to Life

Building permits are up this year, and all around the Island the sounds of nail guns, classic rock and pickup trucks unloading supplies provide the backbeat for a flurry of construction activity.

Southern Woodlands Foreclosure Postponed

A foreclosure auction scheduled for developer Corey Kupersmith’s property in the Southern Woodlands in Oak Bluffs has been postponed. Originally set for Thursday morning, the auction is now scheduled for July 26 at 11 a.m. according to the Web site for JJ Manning Auctioneers.

Fate of East Chop Parks Rests with High court in Richly Historic Case

An esoteric case that has implications for the future of small parks in Oak Bluffs and throughout the commonwealth was argued at the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on Monday.

A decision is expected sometime in the next three months.

On its surface the case is about three small wooded lots behind Crystal Lake on East Chop, and whether the current owners can build there, though the lots have been labeled as parks since they were set out in an original 1872 subdivision.

Vineyard Golf Club Plans Home Cluster

Owners of the Vineyard Golf Club, a private golf course in Edgartown, are now proposing to build a cluster of luxury homes for club members on the property's southeastern corner.

It's a request that some Island officials think they shot down five years ago.

"I thought if they wanted to build a golf course, fine, but no housing except for staff," said Lenny Jason, Edgartown building inspector who led the move to strike member housing from the project in 1999 during the Martha's Vineyard Commission development of regional impact review.

Fairwinds Housing Development Narrowly Wins MVC Approval

Fairwinds Housing Development Narrowly Wins MVC Approval

By MANDY LOCKE

Minutes shy of 11 o'clock last night, the Martha's
Vineyard Commission narrowly approved the Fairwinds affordable housing
development slotted for 4.9 acres of sloping land west of
Tisbury's center.

Final approval of the Chapter 40B project - with six members
in favor, four against and one abstention - was in question for
most of two hours of deliberation.

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