SHREWSBURY – Residents had difficulty wrapping their (tiki) heads around a proposed development.
On Jan. 8, the proposed 250-unit mixed-use project slated for a 26-acre site at 525 Hartford Turnpike – more commonly known as the Tanela by local residents – officially made it to the Planning Board. The hearing was continued, with plenty of discussion and debate sure to follow.
Plans call for the demolition of all existing structures – presumably including the giant tiki head that has come to define the property – and the construction of a new 12,000-square-foot commercial-retail building. A new access road would be created near the rear of the property, which would lead to two five-story residential buildings containing 250 total units…