Delude said he is hoping a public hearing on the proposed redevelopment will be scheduled for late February by the Planning Board.
Ludlow Planning Board members are to hear plans Thursday night for a redevelopment of the Ludlow Mills.
LUDLOW - Westmass Area Development Corp. made an informal presentation to the Planning Board Thursday night of its master plan for a 20-year redevelopment of the Ludlow Mills.
Kenneth Delude, president of Westmass Area Development Corp., told the Planning Board that Westmass will be filing its comprehensive plan for the redevelopment of the 170-acre site with the Planning Board within the next few weeks.
Delude said he is hoping a public hearing on the proposed redevelopment will be scheduled for late February by the Planning Board.
Delude said the renovation will include a $50 million independent living facility for seniors by WinnDevelopment which will include 83 units and 96,000-square-feet.
Also included will be a 70,000-square-foot rehabilitation hospital by HealthSouth valued at $27 million.
Delude said Westmass has retained HealthSouth in Ludlow which means that the facility’s jobs and taxes will be retained in Ludlow.
The redevelopment of the Ludlow Mills project will take place over 20 years, Delude said.
He said the project will include a mix of industrial, business, retail, residential and recreational development.
“This is the largest brownfield redevelopment project in New England,” Delude said.
Delude said he hopes the Planning Board approves a comprehensive permit for the project by late spring.
A town administrative review committee at the same time will be asked to approve site plans for both HealthSouth and WinnDevelopment, he said.
The project also will include development of a 4,000-foot riverwalk along the Chicopee River for recreational use, Delude said.
Delude said some of the mill buildings on the site will be kept and some will be demolished.
It is difficult to re-use fourth floor industrial space, he said.
He said all parking for the development will be on the site.
Planning Board members said they would like to see fewer than the nine curb cuts currently being proposed by Westmass for access to the site.
Delude said the number of curb cuts will change as individual projects are proposed.
Planning Board member Carlos Chaves said he would like to see some of the traffic generated by the development kept to the back of the site.