Sunday, March 10, 2013
From gas station to coffee house. This is what the Starbucks would look like.
Owners of the former Mobil gas station met with members of the Zoning Board of Appeals last week to discuss plans for the property where a Starbucks Coffee Shop is expected to open in the fall. Owner/Developer Salvatore Capital Partners plans to renovate the property at the corner of Main and North Streets, and is seeking three special permits for Zoning Bylaws: Check back on Monday, March 11, for the full story including the ZBA's skeptical view of a traffic impact report that says a Starbucks will generate only 30 more car trips than the Mobil gas station did during peak hours. TELL US: What do you think of the design? Tell us in the comment section below.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
The Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing tonight at 8:15 p.m. at Town Hall in the Chenery Room.
The Zoning Board of Appeals will meet tonight, March 6, at 8 p.m. at the Town Hall in the Chenery Room. On the agenda is an 8:15 p.m. hearing regarding Starbucks. Developer Salvatore Capital Partners (which also purchased the Lord's building) plans to renovate the former Mobil station, at the corner of Main and North Streets, into a Starbucks coffee shop by September. The applicant is seeking three special permits for Zoning Bylaws: Last week, the Planning Board opened its public hearing which was discussed for one hour and then continued to April 1 at 8:45 p.m. The full posted agenda includes: 8 p.m., Public Hearing -- Salvatore Montillo (applicant) and Gregory Pickard (owner), 5 Country Way, seeking finding/variance for a proposed …
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
The ZBA will meet tonight at 5:30 p.m. at the Town House.
The Board of Appeals on Zoning will meet tonight at 5:30 p.m. to discuss a draft decision for The Parc at Medfield, the 96-unit unit affordable housing complex proposed on West Street. On Nov. 8, the ZBA instructed its legal consultant to draft an approval letter with conditions for the 40B project proposed off West Street. This will be the ZBA's first discussion of that draft. The board must issue a final decision by Dec. 14. The proposed project includes four buildings of one, two and three-bedroom rental units on 9.22 acres of land near the former Potpourri building between West Street and Route 27, according to the Executive Summary of Gatehouse Group LLC's application filed with the state. Last week, the town received a five-inch …
Friday, November 9, 2012
The ZBA has not made a decision on The Parc at Medfield but has instructed its legal consultant to draft a letter of approval with conditions that will serve only as a place to start the decision-making process.
The Board of Appeals on Zoning has instructed its legal consultant to draft an approval letter with conditions for the 40B project proposed off West Street. The proposed "The Parc at Medfield" would include four buildings of one, two and three-bedroom rental units on 9.22 acres of land near the former Potpourri building between West Street and Route 27, according to the Executive Summary of Gatehouse Group LLC's application filed with the state. The ZBA closed the public hearing on the project on Monday night. At its meeting on Thursday, ZBA Chairman Robert Sylvia stressed that the board has not made any decision on the project and its instruction to its lawyers to draft an approval with conditions is only to get a legal decision in front …
Thursday, November 8, 2012
The Board of Appeals on Zoning will meet at the Town House tonight at 5:30 p.m. to start the decision-making process on the affordable housing project.
After months of meetings, the Board of Appeals on Zoning closed the public hearing regarding The Parc at Medfield, an 40B affordable housing project proposed off West Street. The Board of Appeals on Zoning will meet tonight at 5:30 p.m. at the Town House to start the decision-making process regarding the project that would include four buildings of one, two and three-bedroom rental units on 9.22 acres of land near the former Potpourri building between West Street and Route 27, according to the Executive Summary of Gatehouse Group LLC's application filed with the state. Before closing the hearing on Nov. 5, the ZBA heard from its financial advisor Michael Jacobs of MHJ Associates. Jacobs report was to provide context to the board in its …
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
The ZBA's financial consultant will not be able to meet with its financial consultant tonight because his return flight was cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy.
The Zoning Board of Appeals has postponed tonight's meeting on The Parc at Medfield, a 96-unit affordable housing development proposed off West Street, until Nov. 5 at 7:30 p.m. The sole purpose of tonight's meeting was to hear from the town's financial consultant regarding the financial implications of the waivers sought by applicant Gatehouse Group LLC. The ZBA office says the consultant had been out of town and his weekend return flight was cancelled because of Hurricane Sandy. That consultant is now expected to make a presentation on Oct. 30 at 7:30 p.m. but it will focus on the economical feasibility of the project, not how it will affect the town's bottom line. "What I care about is, 'What is the economic impact of these waivers…
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
The Zoning Board of Appeals heard from its planning consultant who summarized the issues of the project and expressed her remaining concerns.
The Board of Appeals on Zoning continued its public hearing last week on the affordable housing project proposed off West Street. Concerned neighbors and residents filled the meeting room to learn more about the 96-unit garden-style complex of four buildings on five acres to be called "The Parc at Medfield" where all units are proposed to be "affordable," or below market rate. Residents were hoping to hear from the town's financial consultant who would discuss the impact of the project on the town and the impact of the waivers the applicant, Gatehouse Group LLC, but the town did not yet have all the information the consultant needed to make his recommendations. That consultant is now expected to make a presentation on Oct. 30 at 7:30 p.…
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Residents say the 96-unit project will take valuable industrial land off the tax role and will add numerous expenses that will have to be paid by homeowners.
On Monday, it was the public’s turn to ask questions of developer Gatehouse Group LLC, the group that proposes an affordable housing project off West Street. The public has been following The Parc at Medfield since it was proposed in January but has not had an opportunity to ask questions while the ZBA gathered information from the applicant and town consultants. “The members of the public, at my request, have been generally silent in these hearings,” said Board of Appeals on Zoning Chairman Robert Sylvia before opening the hearing to the general public. “They have waited for their turn and we’ll listen to it, and listen to it fairly for as long as it takes.” For about 90 minutes on Monday, residents raised issues regarding town …
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Town hears from police and fire chiefs on the project as well as an architectural review conducted for the town.
The Board of Appeals on Zoning held a continued public hearing on Monday night on the proposed affordable housing project off West Street. This was a continued public hearing on the application by The Gatehouse Group, LLC for “The Parc at Medfield,” a 96-unit residential complex in two buildings on 9.22 acres -- with limited upland -- of industrial land between West Street and North Meadows Road (Route 27). Davis Square Architects performed an architectural review on the town's behalf and one of its principal, Clifford Boehmer, presented their findings at Monday's meeting. "A development of this size needs to be a very pleasant place to live and i think it has to enhance the town in which it is," said Bohemia, who said the work on the site…
Monday, August 27, 2012
The Board of Appeals on Zoning will hold a continued public hearing tonight at 7:30 p.m. for “The Parc at Medfield,” an affordable housing complex proposed off West Street.
The Board of Appeals on Zoning will meet tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Chenery Room at the Town House to discuss “The Parc at Medfield,” an affordable housing complex proposed off West Street. The topic of the continued public hearing is the architectural review but any portion of the application can be discussed. According to the Executive Summary of Gatehouse’s application filed with the state, The Parc at Medfield would include four buildings of one, two and three-bedroom rental units on 9.22 acres of land near the former Potpourri building between West Street and Route 27 on “an underutilized industrially-zoned property that is extremely well-suited for re-use as a multi-family infrastructure.” Town officials and residents have voiced …
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2:08 pm on Tuesday, October 23, 2012
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