Nantucket, MA The 156 condominium units slated for the Surfside Crossing development off South Shore Rd. has been approved by the state in a decision issued by the Housing Appeals Committee (HAC).

The decision by the state committee was made over the objections of the Nantucket Land Council, along with a group of neighbors and community members known as Nantucket Tipping Point. The HAC’s ruling vacates the Nantucket Zoning Board of Appeals’ (ZBA) decision to permit a scaled-down development of 60 units, and requires it to issue an amended comprehensive permit allowing for the 156 condominium units of the development to move ahead.

Surfside Crossing, proposed by developers Jamie Feeley and Josh Posner, would include 156 condominium homes contained within 18-three story buildings (two stories above grade) on 13 acres of undeveloped pine forest off South Shore Rd. With 25% of those units deed restricted for affordable housing, or a total of 39 units within the development.

“In the past five years, the need for new housing, particularly affordable home ownership opportunities on Nantucket, has only grown,” Feeley said in a written statement shared with the Nantucket Current. “The recent HAC decision supporting our project is an exciting one, not only for our team, but for our entire community. We are pleased to turn our focus to getting this project underway. Once complete, Surfside Crossing will create the type of affordable and accessible homeownership opportunities that do not otherwise exist on the island. We remain open to collaborating with other agencies and non-profits focused on housing affordability; this includes discussing options to extend the positive benefits of this project further by restricting additional market rate units to year-round housing stock.”