“Beyond our wildest dreams,” one said, while another urged more focus on the ailing retail: “I don’t care whether more apartments are built.”

Martin Cadogan is a principal behind a 100-unit apartment building that would greatly alter the historic Tractor Building at Clipper Mill.

After hearing tales of broken promises and bad attitude, the panel gives Larry Jennings the approval he sought – plus a gentle rebuke for “not being a very good neighbor.”