<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=30SHBz_1H59Zq8Q00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=30SHBz_1H59Zq8Q00" width="1200" height="675" ><figcaption>The River Lofts apartments on Water Street will add 54 rental units, including 28 income-restricted units, to Williamstown's housing stock</figcaption></figure>WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- A delay in obtaining the certificate of occupancy for a 54-unit apartment building on Water Street forced some tenants to postpone their moves this week.The "River Lofts" apartments, the third and final planned phase of development at the Cable Mills property, is funded in part by $480,000 in town contributions to the developer.On Friday morning, iBerkshires.com heard from would-be occupants that they had to change their plans at the last minute while the four-story building awaited final sign-off from the town's building inspector."We are very close but there are a few small punch list items that need to be finalized," Town Manager Robert Menicocci wrote in a midday Friday email. "Our building inspector is working closely with them each day to help them get their c/o. We are hopeful that it can happen in the next day or so."Developer David Traggorth of Hanover, Mass., firm Causeway Development said that such delays are not uncommon and are taken into account in the initial leases of new developments like River Lofts."As is typical with new construction, the final inspection process involves several approvals, and timing can shift," Traggorth wrote in reply to an email seeking information. "Given this reality, resident leases anticipate potential construction-related delays and address changes to occupancy dates and rent adjustments while an apartment is unavailable."We’re completing the final inspection and certificate of occupancy process at River Lofts, and a handful of residents have had to adjust their move-in dates. We understand that changing an expected moving date is disruptive and our leasing and marketing team is in touch with each affected resident, working through individual needs on a case-by-case basis."Williamstown financially supported two of the three phases of the Cable Mills development through Community Preservation Act funding.First came an initial $1.5 million approved by town meeting back in 2007 toward the restoration of an existing mill building and conversion to apartments. In that first phase of the project, 13 of 61 units are permenantly income-restricted for residents making 80 percent or below the area median income.Phase 3, the River Lofts, is new construction that creates 28 income-restricted units at up to 60 percent AMI among the 54 units. In 2022, town meeting approved a $400,000 CPA grant toward the project. Two years later, the town's Affordable Housing Trust decided to contribute $80,000 from its coffers, mostly derived from CPA money as well."I'm thrilled to report that half of the 54 [River Lofts] apartments are spoken for before completion with move in dates over the next few months, which is a testament to the demand for this type of housing and desirability of Williamstown," Traggorth wrote on Friday. "River Lofts represents a major achievement for Williamstown and this formally vacant industrial site: 54 beautiful new homes with amazing views in a walkable, accessible, mixed-income community near downtown. It expands housing choices, supports downtown businesses and adds significant recurring property-tax revenue for the town."Causeway Development plans a ceremonial ribbon cutting at the River Lofts apartments on Friday morning.Tags: affordable housing, apartments, <h2>iBerkshires.com Text Ads</h2>0% APY for 12 months balance transfer offer. Apply today! Click to learn more. 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Start With rk MILES. 4 Locations (800)670-7433<h2>Town, Residents Concerned About Forest Service Plan to Use Williamstown Road</h2>By Stephen DravisiBerkshires StaffWILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A timber manager with the U.S. Forest Service told the Select Board on Monday that his office was willing to work with the town to address concerns raised by residents over a plan to haul timber out of the Green Mountain National Forest across the state line in Vermont.An overflow crowd of residents from both Williamstown and Pownal, Vt., attended Monday's meeting at Town Hall, where Stacy Stratton and other officials from the Forest Service laid out plans to cut and remove 1 million board feet of wood — about 2,000 cords — from the woodland just north of town.The sticking point is how officials expect that wood to be removed from the forest: down White Oaks Road, a narrow, twisting residential street that town's director of public works says is ill-suited for the operation.DPW Director Craig Clough was joined at the microphone Monday by nearly a dozen residents of Williamstown and Pownal to question elements of what the Forest Service is calling the "South of Route 9 Integrated Resource Project."Most of those concerns centered on White Oaks Road.Stratton told the board that somewhere in the neighborhood of 200 log truck trips will be required to remove the wood that the service plans to remove from the forest, but that number does not include all the heavy equipment that will need to be taken to the cutting site or the daily traffic from loggers traveling to and from the site.The project itself could take anywhere from one to five years, Stratton said. That number won't be known until the Forest Service puts the job out to bid.</div></body>

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- A delay in obtaining the certificate of occupancy for a 54-unit apartment building on Water Street forced some tenants to postpone their moves this week. The "River Lofts" apartments, the third and final planned phase of development at the Cable Mills property, is funded in part by...

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- A delay in obtaining the certificate of occupancy for a 54-unit apartment building on Water Street forced some tenants to postpone t

Developer Working Through Delay in Opening Williamstown Apartments

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