Nearly 50 apartments possible at former Cool Moose home in Warren

Purchase and sale agreement signed by trust; however, no plans yet before town boards

By Ted Hayes
Posted 12/13/19

The trustees of a home left in the late Bob Healey’s estate have signed a purchase and sales agreement for the home and two lots of land at 665 Metacom Ave., agreeing if conditions are met to …

This item is available in full to subscribers.

Please log in to continue

Log in

Register to post events


If you'd like to post an event to our calendar, you can create a free account by clicking here.

Note that free accounts do not have access to our subscriber-only content.

Day pass subscribers

Are you a day pass subscriber who needs to log in? Click here to continue.


Nearly 50 apartments possible at former Cool Moose home in Warren

Purchase and sale agreement signed by trust; however, no plans yet before town boards

Posted

The trustees of a home left in the late Bob Healey’s estate have signed a purchase and sale agreement for the home and two lots of land at 665 Metacom Ave., agreeing if conditions are met to sell it to a Bristol developer who hopes to build up to 48 apartment units on the 2.3-acre site.

Mr. Healey, a Warren attorney and founder of the Cool Moose Party, died in March 2016. His small red bungalow on Metacom, which is currently occupied by a friend, has been on the market for several months.

The purchase and sale agreement was reportedly signed in late November by Ruth E. Stone and Ann Marie Lavallee, co-trustees of the Martinelli Family Trust, which was bequeathed the property in Mr. Healey’s estate. Friend Jade Gotauco, whom Mr. Healey gave limited rights to stay in the home following his death, has lived there since before his passing.

The prospective purchaser would be Shanna Realty LLC of Bristol. Authorized member Michael T. O’Brien could not be reached for comment this week, as several messages left for him at numbers listed online were not returned.

In the purchase and sale agreement, Shanna states the intent to develop either two, 24-unit apartment buildings, or a single, 48-unit building on the site.

The proposed sale price is unknown; however, the agreement states that the buyer requires 280 days to complete due diligence for any necessary permits and any zoning approvals needed.

Warren Town Planner Bob Rulli said Thursday that the town has not received any correspondence on the proposed development.

2024 by East Bay Media Group

Barrington · Bristol · East Providence · Little Compton · Portsmouth · Tiverton · Warren · Westport
Meet our staff
Jim McGaw

A lifelong Portsmouth resident, Jim graduated from Portsmouth High School in 1982 and earned a journalism degree from the University of Rhode Island in 1986. He's worked two different stints at East Bay Newspapers, for a total of 18 years with the company so far. When not running all over town bringing you the news from Portsmouth, Jim listens to lots and lots and lots of music, watches obscure silent films from the '20s and usually has three books going at once. He also loves to cook crazy New Orleans dishes for his wife of 25 years, Michelle, and their two sons, Jake and Max.