TROY — Troy's planning commission saw a presentation Thursday night from the United Group of Companies on its plans for City Station East, the third building in the company's residential and commercial development along Congress and Ferry streets in Troy.

The latest building — a five-story structure with 48 two-, three- and four-bedroom apartments — will be built along the east side of Sixth Avenue between Congress and Ferry, with an architectural style intended to fit with Troy's 19th century brownstones.

A parking garage and surface parking behind the building would have space for 250 vehicles. The building also includes 13,000 square feet of retail space.

United Group, which lost its chairman and founder, Walter Uccellini, in a airplane accident on Tuesday morning, didn't seek approval for the project, although Bill Dunne, Troy's planning commissioner, said the panel was impressed with what it was shown and probably would have approved it with only minor stipulations.

Instead, United Group is expected to return to either September or October's commission meeting for approval. Workers have begun taking test borings for footings where the garage will go.

Uccellini reportedly was proud of the City Station development, which provides housing for graduate students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and their families. Uccellini received his bachelor's and master's degrees from RPI.

Dunne said he believed construction would take about nine months and that the latest building would be available for occupancy by next summer.

The planning commission on Thursday also approved plans by Unity House for a new four-story building that would replace two single-story buildings at the northwest corner of Hoosick Street and Sixth Avenue, and for a new Dunkin' Donuts at the northwest corner of Third and Congress streets in downtown Troy that would replace an abandoned Jack in the Box fast-food restaurant.

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