CONWAY — While discussing a proposal to put up a bank, restaurant and retail store at the former Friendly's site in North Conway, planning board members last Thursday broached the idea of adding rental housing to the mix.
Selectmen’s representative Steve Porter and board member Eliza Grant brought up the topic with Chris Needham of GREP WMH II (Gaspee Real Estate Partners of East Greenwich, R.I.), asking whether a second floor could be added to the proposed 5,148-square-foot building.
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