&lt;img src=&#039;http://assets.bizjournals.com/boston/real_estate/aaaRealEstate_Logo.jpg?v=1&#039;&gt;The state Supreme Judicial Court Friday rejected a bid by the owner of a downtown Andover property to overturn a local zoning board&#039;s denial of development plans for the parcel.

The trustees of the estate of Geneva H. Killorin asked the state&#039;s highest court to reverse an earlier court &mdash; and by extension, a zoning board &mdash; decision against the estate. The estate wanted the freedom to develop parts of a parcel it owns despite a special permit issued in 1940 that allowed conversion of what the court called a &quot;mansion&quot; into apartments while prohibiting further development of the site...