Disability panel backs housing variance, with caveats

Other Committee · Meeting of October 28, 2026

ANDOVER — The Andover Commission on Disability voted to send a letter supporting an accessibility variance for a 426-unit apartment project at 100 Old River Road, paired with written reservations. Developer representative Reggie Anderson, of John M. Corcoran Company, told the commission the Massachusetts Architectural Access Board will hear the request November 2; it would exempt six two-story townhomes from a roughly $50,000-per-unit elevator requirement in exchange for adding six more fully accessible "group two" flats, raising the total from the code-minimum 21 units to 27. One member who uses a wheelchair said building elevators in similar townhomes "just don't work," while another called the arrangement "a win-win for the town." Members voted unanimously to have the letter include both support and concerns about the trade-off, plus an invitation for the developer to return to discuss amenity accessibility.

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Source: the Other Committee meeting of October 28, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.