Albion gives final OK to Clover Hill project, turning site into 18 apartments

Photo by Tom Rivers: The former Clover Hill Adult Residence in Albion will be turned into 18 apartments. The Village of Albion Planning Board approved the project on Thursday.

ALBION – A former assisted living complex on Route 98 will be turned into 18 apartments – 14 that are one bedroom and four others that are studio apartments.

The Village of Albion Planning Board approved the site plan and a special use permit for the project at the former Clover Hill Adult Residence on Thursday.

The Planning Board said a vegetative screen will be needed by the parking lot between the north side and south sides of the property at 355 South Main St.

Resident Diana Reed lives next to Clover Hill on the north side. She said a fence would be unacceptable and pushed for arborvitae trees that would be about 15 to 20 feet high.

Planning Board chairwoman Karen Conn said the board could not specify which type of trees or vegetation be planted. But it can insist on the village code which states visual screening must have vegetation at least 4 feet high and spaced no more than 3 feet apart.

A second parking also is planned for the location on the south side. The developer doesn’t want to put that in yet and has been given two years to have an asphalt lot installed with drainage.

Clover Hill closed in March 2022 as an assisted living site. Realtegic LP in Amherst, led by president Ravi Prasher, wants to the turn the site into 18 apartments. Realtegic is working with Buildmore Corporation to convert the facility into apartments. Bilal Huzair of Carlton is CEO of Buildmore.

The current site has 19 parking spaces. The village code requires two off-street parking spaces per dwelling unit so there would need to be at least 36 parking spaces.