Residents of an East Greenwich condominium complex are objecting to plans by New England Institute of Technology to build a sprawling new campus that would surround their homes along the town’s northern border...

...The acreage surrounds the 16-unit Taylor Pointe condominium complex, whose narrow property jabs southward into the New England Tech property, nearly cleaving it in two.

Taylor Pointe residents are upset about the prospects of being overwhelmed by the commotion of a college campus and, so far, have rejected the notion of selling an easement across their property to the school.

“We are not going to sit back and be surrounded by a full-blown college campus,” said Jack Cacchiotti, a Taylor Pointe resident...