Project Narrative900 Route 146 Clifton Park, NY 12065
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PROJECT NARRATIVE
Columbia Development
Medical Office Building at Town of Queensbury
DATE: February 6, 2019
APPLICANT: Columbia Development
302 Washington Avenue Extension
Albany, NY 12303
Columbia Development is proposing the construction of a new 17,700 SF medical office building at
the intersection of Main Street and Big Boom Road in the Town of Queensbury, NY. The site area
is 1.14 acres and will include approximately .10 acres of land to be purchased from the Town of
Queensbury. The existing property is a fully developed vacant site that was last used as a
restaurant and includes mainly impervious surfaces with very little green space. The property is
zoned CI-18 Commercial Intensive Exit 18 which permits medical facilities as an allowable use.
The site is also in close proximity to the Main Street zoning district and is a unique corner lot.
The site has approximately 150 feet of frontage on Main Street and approximately 460 feet of
frontage on Big Boom Road. Access to the proposed medical building will only be on Big Boom
Road using two full access driveways. The full access driveways will connect to a proposed
parking area and one of the driveways will provide immediate access to the medical building using
a covered drop-off canopy. The site will have approximately 76 parking spaces and a small
truck/delivery access area on the west side of the building.
The existing vacant, abandoned building will be demolished and have all environmental issues
remediated. The proposed two-story building will consist of approximately 17,700 square feet of
floor area. The building will be leased out to medical tenants. Once approved, Columbia
Development will market the facility for lease. The structure will be steel on conventional spread
footings. The façade will be cement siding, cultured stone, and glass. The project will create
construction jobs as well as new jobs to the Town of Queensbury.
The proposed medical office building will connect to municipal water and sanitary sewer utilities
available within the Main Street right-of-way. Stormwater runoff from the site will be managed on
site with approved water quality practices and conveyed to an existing stormwater basin located
on the east side of Big Boom Road. The current site plan layout will require several area
variances due to the configuration of the parcel and the restrictive nature of the CI-18 zoning
district along Main Street.
PARKING REQUIREMENTS | Typical and Existing Medical Office 2/11/19
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Albany
Office, Medical and Dental 1 per 200 sf of floor area (5/1000)
Troy
Office, General 3 spaces per 1,000 sf gross floor area
Service Businesses 3.5 spaces per 1,000 sf (3.5/1000)
Bethlehem
Medical Office 1 for each 200 sf of gross floor area (5/1000)
Colonie
Office, Medical 1 space per 175 sf of useable floor area (5.7/1000)
Columbia developed medical facilities with 5/1,000 parking ratio:
Albany
- 400 Patroon Creek Blvd
- 455 Patroon Creek Blvd
Troy
- 258 Hoosick Street
Bethlehem
- VISTA Medical | 15 Vista Blvd, 5 Vista Blvd
Colonie
- Capital Region Health Park
- AMC Latham Route 9
North Greenbush
- CCP at the RPI Tech Park
- CCP Schodack
Saratoga
- Malta Emergent Care – Saratoga/AMC (over 5/1,000)
Clifton Park
- Ellis Emergent Care (over 6/1000)
- CCP Route 9 (5/1,000)
- 989 Route 146 (5/1,000)
Note:
When you apply the Facility Guideline Institute (guidelines used to meet DOH requirements) guidelines for
parking, 6 parking spaces per 1,000 would be required for an outpatient medical office space.