By Jill Nagy
Viscusi Builders has filed a site plan with the Malta Planning Board for a development consisting of 68 residential condominiums and two commercial buildings consisting of 1,700 square feet of space.
The project would be build on a 6.8-acre site at the corner of Copper Ridge Drive and Route 9, near the western access road to GlobalFoundries.
Company head Zelindo Viscusi estimated that construction would start in about a year, if everything is approved. The land is currently zoned for commercial use.
“It’s a great area with a lot of infrastructure,” he noted, “I’m surprised it has been siting there for a few years now,” he said.
Zelindo pointed to the transition from single family residences on that stretch of Route 9 and suggested that the neighborhood was ready for condominium development. He noted that Malta has been one of the fastest growing areas in the region since construction of GlobalFoundries began in 2009. Its population has grown more than 10 percent.
The planned condos would have hardwood floors, granite countertops, nine-foot ceilings, and attached garages. The average size is planned at 1,360 square feet but some of them would be a little more than half that size, suited for down-sizing retirees or young professionals.
