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After another just over two-hour meeting, the Irondequoit Planning Board tonight unanimously awarded the necessary approvals for the much-anticipated I-Square project to get under way.
Irondequoit resident, businessman and developer Mike Nolan, who is using his own money to get the project off the ground, joked after the meeting, "We're going to Disney World!"
Seriously, Nolan said of the approvals, awarded with just a handful of conditions related to floor plans, landscaping, lighting around a flag pole and trash enclosures, "We're ready to build I-Square ... I'm happy it has all fallen into place."
Nolan said tonight's approvals give him the ability to build an extension of Cooper Road, creating an Irondequoit "four corners" at the Cooper-Titus intersection. The extension would end at Stranahan Park. The road work will be followed by work on two parking lots that are part of the project, Nolan said, and construction of the first of seven buildings.
"That will keep me busy for almost a year," Nolan said. "Now we're ready to put our money into construction."
Nolan, who was represented at tonight's meeitng by engineers from T.Y. Lin International, said he really has "broken ground" for the project already, since some demolition work has already started.
He estimated that once road work is under way, construction for the basement of the first building in I-Square could start as soon as July or August this year.
Nolan and his wife, Wendy, envision I-Square as "a complete redevelopment" of the Titus-Cooper area, including four new, well-lit parking lots, seven newly constructed two- and three-story buildings, wide sidewalks, an outdoor performing arts stage with seating for 400, an art gallery, business center, shops, restaurants and apartments.
After another just over two-hour meeting, the Irondequoit Planning Board tonight unanimously awarded the necessary approvals for the much-anticipated I-Square project to get under way.
Irondequoit resident, businessman and developer Mike Nolan, who is using his own money to get the project off the ground, joked after the meeting, "We're going to Disney World!"
Seriously, Nolan said of the approvals, awarded with just a handful of conditions related to floor plans, landscaping, lighting around a flag pole and trash enclosures, "We're ready to build I-Square ... I'm happy it has all fallen into place."
Nolan said tonight's approvals give him the ability to build an extension of Cooper Road, creating an Irondequoit "four corners" at the Cooper-Titus intersection. The extension would end at Stranahan Park. The road work will be followed by work on two parking lots that are part of the project, Nolan said, and construction of the first of seven buildings.
"That will keep me busy for almost a year," Nolan said. "Now we're ready to put our money into construction."
Nolan, who was represented at tonight's meeitng by engineers from T.Y. Lin International, said he really has "broken ground" for the project already, since some demolition work has already started.
He estimated that once road work is under way, construction for the basement of the first building in I-Square could start as soon as July or August this year.
Nolan and his wife, Wendy, envision I-Square as "a complete redevelopment" of the Titus-Cooper area, including four new, well-lit parking lots, seven newly constructed two- and three-story buildings, wide sidewalks, an outdoor performing arts stage with seating for 400, an art gallery, business center, shops, restaurants and apartments.
