At its meeting on Dec. 15, the Medway Select Board approved a Development Agreement for parcels located at 107-119 Main Street and 1-3 Elm Street for “Heritage on Main,” a proposed “mixed-use development consisting of [up to] 267 residential units…and commercial uses in multiple buildings,” according to the agreement.
The developer is Rte. 85 Realty Corp. of Mendon. The agreement was signed by Kevin Meehan, President and Treasurer; and Medway Select Board Vice Chair Dennis Crowley since Select Board Chair Todd Alessandri had recused himself from the discussion “because it involves a donation of land that abuts my neighborhood.”
The Select Board’s vote supports the design concept and does not guarantee the project which still needs to make its way through the town’s standard permitting process, which will include public hearings and public input.
Town Manager Michael Boynton explained that, “This does not require the Planning Board to approve it, but indicates to the Planning Board that the Select Board has seen the concept, and the concept consists of an apartment complex of up to 267 units, a site for a bank, a site for a restaurant, and a general store and gas station.”
The design concept calls for 15 three-bedroom units, 106 two-bedrooms, and 146 one-bedrooms though the numbers could change - possibly to 247 as suggested at the Dec. 15 meeting. Ten percent of the units will be considered “affordable” therefore the entire complex will go toward the town’s affordable housing “safe haven” inventory.
