Remington residents who hope to see high-density development in place of the Sisson Street ‘Dump’ are likely to be disappointed, warns a developer who wants to buy the land from the city.
Thibault Manekin, a partner of the company that’s seeking to buy the 5.6-acre parcel at 2840 and 2842 Sisson Street for redevelopment, told a community group earlier this year that the land is limited in terms of any new construction it can support.
During a land use committee meeting of the Greater Remington Improvement Association (GRIA) last spring, Manekin said the municipal Dump was created on part of a filled-in quarry that once spanned both sides of Sisson Street.
As a result, he said, it would be unrealistic to expect that it could be a prime location for any sort of high-density development th