136 Riverside Avenue

Through the off-site affordable housing option created for 41 Richmondville, our planning team was able to collaborate with the Town of Westport, Abilis (a nonprofit agency serving individuals with special needs and disabilities), and leverage funds/in-kind construction services to adaptively reuse 136 Riverside Ave into Special Needs Housing.

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41 Richmondville Avenue – The Mill

Redniss & Mead supported Coastal Luxury Homes and Gault Family Companies in the adaptive reuse of a mostly vacant, non-conforming, and historic 55,000 square foot mill building at 41 Richmondville Avenue into 31 luxury condominiums.

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1595 Post Road East – Delamar Westport

Redniss & Mead has been involved with the redevelopment of the Westport Inn site for more than a decade, guiding it through multiple ownership transitions and design iterations before its transformation into the Delamar Westport Hotel.

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1135 Post Road East

Redniss & Mead played a key role in transforming the former Geiger’s Garden Center into Westport’s first mixed-use, multi-family development under the town’s Inclusionary Housing Zone (IHZ) regulation.

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The Residence at Westport – 1141 Post Road East

The Residence at Westport – 1141 Post Road East

Redniss & Mead guided the transformation of a longtime nonconforming industrial contractor’s yard into a new senior living community for LCB Senior Living. The property, once home to Kowalsky Brothers’ operations, sits immediately adjacent to the 113 Post Road East redevelopment, and Redniss & Mead initially shepherded approvals for a 42-unit mixed-use housing project for Coastal Construction. When LCB identified the site as ideal for a senior living facility, our team helped transition the approvals, including multiple zoning text amendments. Working closely with the Planning & Zoning Commission, we drafted and advanced the regulatory framework to accommodate this type of housing, while also addressing the town’s affordable housing requirements. In a creative off-site solution, LCB funded the purchase of two single-family homes by Housing Development Fund, which were deed-restricted as affordable units.

From an engineering standpoint, the site presented significant challenges. A brook mapped on FEMA flood maps ran through the property, but decades of contractor activity had altered the landform, leaving outdated and inaccurate flood boundaries. Redniss & Mead prepared a series of LOMR and CLOMR applications to FEMA, remapping the floodplain and floodway to reflect current conditions. This required detailed flood modeling and repeated coordination with FEMA, as the building footprint initially lay within the regulatory flood zone. In addition, the project demanded full civil design services, including grading, stormwater management, utilities, sanitary sewer, and erosion controls. Wetland impacts created by prior site disturbance were also addressed through restoration and enhancement.

The LCB design team included The Architectural Team (TAT). Completed after one of the most challenging zoning and engineering review processes in Westport, the project stands as a model of how collaboration, regulatory innovation, and technical expertise can deliver community-serving, diverse housing on a site once considered too difficult to develop.

Westport Library

Addition to existing Westport Library Building and associated site work to library building. Surveying services included preparation of “as-built” Improvement Location Survey upon completion of construction. Engineering services included preparation of site development plans depicting the design of site grading, drainage, utilities and erosion controls. Services included coordination with design team and ownership as well as with relevant town land use officials. Services also included conducting soil test pies and percolation tests in support of anticipated, proposed stormwater infiltration facilities. Consulting services included support of project attorney in filing applications and attendance at public meetings/hearings to present elements of the site design and/or co answer commission members’ questions as they related to the proposed site work.

Redniss & Mead provided engineering and surveying services to support the renovation and expansion of the Westport Library, one of the community’s most important civic institutions. Working with attorney Larry Weisman and HMA2 Architects, we contributed both technical design and entitlement expertise to ensure the successful modernization of the library’s Jesup Green campus.

Our engineering scope included preparing comprehensive site development plans covering grading, drainage, utility connections, and erosion controls. Surveying services documented existing conditions and produced final as-built drawings, while planning consulting services guided the project smoothly through the town’s review and approval process.

Collaboration was key to the project’s success. Redniss & Mead worked closely with the architect, ownership team, project attorney, and town officials to coordinate design requirements and secure approvals. Our staff attended public meetings and hearings, presenting technical elements of the design and responding to commission members’ questions to facilitate a clear and efficient review process.

The result was a seamless addition and renovation to the Westport Library that not only expanded its physical appearance but also enhanced its role as a cultural hub, a center for learning, and a community hub in Westport.

Westport Housing Authority – Hales Court

Planning, Zoning, Engineering and Surveying services included assisting the Westport Housing Authority (WHA) and the Town of Westport in the creation of new Zoning Text Amendments to create the Municipal Housing Zone (MHZ) to facilitate the provision of affordable housing on land owned by the Westport Housing Authority.

Westport Housing Authority – Sasco Creek Village

We served as lead consultant in drafting, and obtaining approval for, multiple text changes to revise Section 16 “Mobile Home Park District (MHPD)” of the Westport Zoning Regulations to facilitate the potential redevelopment of the “Hidden Brook/Sasco Creek” site. Responsibilities included coordination with design consultants/architects, client, and Town staff; assisting in the design of demonstration site and architectural plans; preparation and submission of application materials; and presentation before the Planning & Zoning Commission and other reviewing boards/departments.