SOUTH PORTLAND – This week, after the Current’s deadline, the South Portland Planning Board was scheduled to hold a public hearing and preliminary subdivision review on a plan to turn the former Roosevelt School into condominiums.

Last week the City Council approved a zone change necessary to allow the redevelopment of the school, located at 317 Pine St., to go forward. In early December, the city entered into a purchase and sale agreement with Anew Development, which paid $218,500 for the nearly 87-year-old structure.

Now, the company owned by Ethan Boxer-Macomber, is ready to move forward with its redevelopment proposal.

At that City Council meeting in December, Boxer-Macomber said his company would preserve the school’s fac?ade in order to ensure the project would continue to fit in with the neighborhood.

The project, officially known as Meeting House Lofts, would consist of 19 condominium units. Each loft would range in size from 950 square feet to 1,250 square feet, with each having two bedrooms and two baths, according to the materials submitted to the Planning Board prior to the meeting.

The proposal includes both renovating the former school and building a three-story addition in the rear, according to the public hearing notice sent out by the city’s planning department.

The developer will also provide 32 parking spots with access from Pine Street, and the idea is to handle stormwater runoff on-site through the creation of rain gardens.

The Planning Board was set to meet on Tuesday, March 11, at 7 p.m. during which time it was also scheduled to discuss a proposal for a new arcade at 22 Cottage Road, the creation of a 40-foot-wide easement to provide an employee entrance for the new Department of Health and Human Services building near the Portland Jetport and allowing South Port Marine to construct an indoor boat storage facility.

– Kate Irish Collins

This week the South Portland Planning Board held a public hearing on the proposal to turn the former Roosevelt School on Pine Street into market-rate condominiums.