Sounds reasonable to me (UPDATED and BUMPED)

189 Sound Beach Avenue

Developer wants to raze Old Greenwich building to construct smaller office space on site

The old structure at 189 Sound Beach Ave., next door to the Rummage Room resale shop, was built in 1910, and most recently housed a real estate office and a contracting business. {SP Palmer & Sons Plumbing — Ed]

The site was sold in 2024 for $1,700,000, according to the property tax filing. Now, new ownership, AP Realty Associates and A.M. Patel, are seeking permission from the Planning & Zoning Commission to demolish the old structure and rebuild at the site.

According to the architect working on the plans, the proposed new structure would aim to incorporate a traditional design to add to the historic character of Sound Beach Avenue.

"Our proposed design harkens back to the Federal and Victorian residential structures similar to those built between 1890 and 1910," stated architect Dinyar Wadia.

I can’t remember how many retailers have used the front building from the 50’s to date (and have no idea who was there prior to that), but there have been a lot of them, including Raveis, where I worked some time ago — the firm moved out, broken hearted, after the Mick and I came but then … er, departed); the building, if not its occupants, has always been undistinguished. Dinyar Wadia’s firm does excellent design and construction work, and has a great track record ; they don’t build schlock, so the developer’s description of what can be, unburdened by what has been, is an attractive one; the town should go for it.

Palmer’s former shop — once a stable?

UPDATE: Here’s what they’re proposing. That works.