Stamford’s Planning Board has endorsed a proposal to knock down two remaining St. John Towers apartment buildings, at 109 Tresser Blvd., and replace them with a 10-story, 305-unit apartment building.
The plan, which St. John Urban Development Corp. filed in May, is now set to go before the Zoning Board in July.
The new building would have 101 one-bedrooms units, 100 two-bedrooms units and 104 three-bedroom units for families earning between 30% to 80% of the area median income.
St. John built the two, 17-story cylindrical towers and a third identical tower at 100 Tresser Blvd. in 1971 to provide a total of 360 affordable units in downtown Stamford as part of a government program.
The two remaining St. John Towers have 240 affordable units, but the buildings are mostly vacant, according to an application filed with the city.
Charlotte, North Carolina-based developer Quarterra knocked down the tower at 100 Tresser Blvd. in 2019 to make way for The Smyth, a 507,009-square-foot apartment building with 414 market-rate units on 1.7 acres that opened in 2023.
