Planning Board approves housing and community projects
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The Board approved a mixed-use birthing center with two apartments, a 48-unit affordable senior housing redevelopment phase, four small temporary-housing homes, and several other development plans. It also favorably recommended expanding the BG-6 and Commercial Corridors Overlay District to include 108, 109, and 112 Beacon Street.
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What this means
Residents can expect several approved projects to move forward, including a midwifery clinic in the historic Coca-Cola Bottling building, affordable senior housing at 485 Grove Street, and educational temporary housing at 6 Claremont Street. The Board also approved a 22-space parking plan for a proposed day resource center serving unhoused adults. The Beacon Street zoning recommendation would allow more mixed-use and community-oriented activities, but City Council action is still needed.
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- Approved the definitive site plan for a 10,591-square-foot retail building with 30 parking spaces at 284 Grove Street by a 4-0 vote.
- Approved the definitive site plans for single-family homes at 1A Corrine Street and 18 Bowker Street, both by 4-0 votes and subject to staff conditions.
- Approved a special permit for a mixed-use midwifery clinic and two residential apartments at 333 Shrewsbury Street and 68 Chilmark Street by a 5-0 vote.
- Approved relief from loading-space requirements for Colony Apartments Redevelopment Phase 1 at 485 Grove Street by a 5-0 vote, allowing a loading space reduced from 12 by 50 feet to 9 by 40 feet.
- Approved the Phase 2 definitive site plan, special permit, and more-than-one-building-on-a-lot approval for 485 Grove Street. The project includes a new four-story, 55,000-square-foot building with 48 affordable senior units; the site plan vote was 4-0.
- Approved a 22-space parking plan at 5 Sargent Street for a proposed day resource center for unhoused adults, including two accessible spaces, three electric-vehicle spaces, and two charging stations, by a 4-0 vote.
- Approved the definitive site plan for four small homes at 6 Claremont Street for educational and temporary housing by a 4-0 vote.
- Voted 4-0 to favorably recommend that City Council adopt a zoning amendment extending the BG-6 and Commercial Corridors Overlay District to 108, 109, and 112 Beacon Street.
- Approved a $311,575 performance agreement secured by a letter of credit for the Malden Woods subdivision, with a work-completion date of December 1, 2027.
- Endorsed Approval Not Required plans for 438 and 440 Granite Street, 41 Westminster Street, 25 Gates Lane, and 165 Southbridge Street by a 4-0 vote.
- Postponed public meetings for 0 Farrington Street and 0 Chester Street to October 22, 2025, and extended both constructive grant deadlines to November 13, 2025, by a 3-0 vote.
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