THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2021 Page 13 Saluting Revere’s Working Men and Women Ward 4 Councillor Patrick Keefe, Jr. & Family Ward 1 Councillor Joanne McKenna Candidate for Ward 3 Councillor Albert Terminiello, Jr. By Adam Swift T he conversion of an offi ce building at 333 Lee Burbank Hwy. to a 12-unit apartment complex has been given the okay by the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA). The project will now have to go before the City Council for a special permit designating the site as a Planned Unit Development allowing for the conversion to residential units. Attorney Larry Simeone, representing the owners of the building, the Sica family doing business as 333 Lee Burbank Highway, LLC, said the family made a sincere effort at making the current 14,280-square-foot office building a success. Andrew Sica echoed those sentiments. “My family has been in the city for many years, and we operate a business beside this project,” he said. “We did put up the offi ce building with good intentions and thought the space would work very well and be successful for our family.” Due to of the pandemic and current real estate trends, however, Sica said, the property hasn’t been as successful as hoped. “We’d like to revive this building in the hopes that maybe this conversion will be the way to go,” said Sica. Simeone said there will be no major changes to the building itself. “We are making no alterations or changes to the building at this time,” he said. “The structure will remain the same. We are proposing 24 parking spaces for the 12 apartment units, and Have a Happy and Safe Labor Day Weekend! Council Vice-President Gerry Visconti & Family School Board Member Susan Gravellese Candidate for Ward 5 Councillor Al Fiore ZBA grants variances for Burbank Highway office building conversion we’ll be adding two more spaces for extra visitor parking, so altogether we are looking at 26 spaces.” Eight of those spaces will be on a lot adjacent to the building, one of the reasons the project needed a ZBA variance. Simeone said the parking issue is not too diff erent from the current one at the office building, since there are already six parking spaces it uses on the adjacent lot. The proposal also needed variances for frontage and total lot area. “I’m in favor of the ZBA voting to put this forward before the City Council, and we can help mediate the problems that are at the site,” said Councillor-At-Large George Rotondo. “I believe they will be able to meet the parking requirements and I fully support this.” ZBA Chair Michael Tucker said City Council President Anthony Zambuto and Ward 1 Councillor Joanne McKenna also support the project. “I’m just grateful that they are adding the two additional parking spaces,” said Tucker.
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