Stamford’s skyline will get a new look if a developer gets its wish.
St. John Urban Development Corp. has filed a proposal with the city to demolish two, 17-story cylindrical apartment towers that it built in 1971, at 109 Tresser Blvd., that have a total of 240 affordable units, and replace them with with a 10-story apartment building that will have 305 affordable units.
“The ground floor will activate the street with a welcoming residential lobby and integrated amenity spaces positioned at the prominent corner of Washington and Tresser Boulevard and cover nearly the entire street frontages,” the application said. “The double height lobby and amenity spaces provide rich visual interest to the building while concealing the two levels of garage from public view.”
The new building would have 101 one-bedrooms units, 100 two-bedrooms units and 104 three-bedroom units for families earning 30% to 80% of the area median income.
According to the project application, the two existing, mostly vacant residential buildings — known as the St. John’s Towers — consist of 240 units and were constructed with a third tower consisting of another 120 units.
That third tower was demolished in 2019 to make way for a new apartment complex known as The Smyth, which was developed by Charlotte, North Carolina-based developer Quarterra.
The Smyth, which debuted in 2023, is a 507,009-square-foot apartment building with 414 market-rate units, on 1.7 acres at 100 Tresser Blvd.
Stamford’s Planning Board is scheduled to hold a public hearing on the major proposal on June 10.
