Real estate development consultant, Greg Shinberg of Shinberg Consulting, LLC, has requested that the town consider providing him a parking license agreement and permission to construct parking behind Town Hall.  During the July 11, 2022 Town Council meeting, the council voted to send the request to a September workshop.

Shinberg has entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement with Dr. David Jacobson for lots three and four of the Ocean House Commons to build 18 condominiums.  Two condominiums would be affordable with one 1-bedroom and one 2-bedroom.  The remaining condos, offered at market rate, would include four 4-bedroom and fourteen 2-bedroom condo units.  The first floor would be non residential and comply with all current zoning guidelines.  

Shinberg is requesting a license agreement with the town for seven parking spaces in the parking lot behind Town Hall and permission to construct 16 parking spaces in the location of the winter ice rink.  In a June 29 letter to the council, Shinberg explains, "Given the uncertainty of the end user for the first-floor non-residential space, it is necessary to obtain more parking that could be used for the employees and overflow for the future business users."  Until a tenant is secured, "I just don't know what my parking needs will be," Shinberg said.  

In the fall of 2021, Nathan Szanton of The Szanton Co. withdrew a purchase and sale agreement for a 46-unit affordable housing project at the same location.  The decision followed a successful  Citizen Petition aiming to repeal the council-approved Town Center Affordable Housing Amendments, necessary for the Szanton project, through a November 2022 referendum.