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Demo Underway to Make Way for Mixed-Use Project in Quincy Center​

Demolition is underway at the former Family Dollar site at 1445 Hancock St. in downtown Quincy, paving the way for a new mixed-use development. The project, approved by the planning board in May 2023, will include a two-level restaurant, five stories of residential space with 43 one- and two-bedroom apartments, and 18 underground parking spaces.”

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Demo Underway to Make Way for Mixed-Use Project in Quincy Center

Demo Underway to Make Way for Mixed-Use Project in Quincy Center
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Demo Underway to Make Way for Mixed-Use Project in Quincy Center​

Demolition is underway at the former Family Dollar site at 1445 Hancock St. in downtown Quincy, paving the way for a new mixed-use development. The project, approved by the planning board in May 2023, will include a two-level restaurant, five stories of residential space with 43 one- and two-bedroom apartments, and 18 underground parking spaces.”

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Demo Underway to Make Way for Mixed-Use Project in Quincy Center

Demo Underway to Make Way for Mixed-Use Project in Quincy Center
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Is the cleared lot adjacent to this building truly going to be public open space? Is this by this developer or is that a city project? Apologies for the uninformed question.
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Is the cleared lot adjacent to this building truly going to be public open space? Is this by this developer or is that a city project? Apologies for the uninformed question.
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Its one post before mine on the previous page. Switchpoint is going on the right lot, hanover on the left one.
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Work starts on next two pieces of Quincy Center’s growth​

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“Construction is underway on two of the last undeveloped lots in the long-running redevelopment of Quincy Center.

The projects are being built next to each other off Burgin Parkway south of Granite Street: a 297-unit apartment building and an outpatient healthcare center.

The residential development, to be called Hanover Quincy Center, is being built by two firms with broad home-building portfolios: Houston-based Hanover Co. and California-based Griffin Capital Co…….”


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New plans for Quincy building call for waiving taxes for 40 years. What we know

FoxRock Properties has provided new plans for a medical center, parking garage and retail space in a large vacant lot in downtown Quincy.
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Its one post before mine on the previous page. Switchpoint is going on the right lot, hanover on the left one.
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I believe he was talking about the cleared lot with the red outline, next to the building which, yes appears that it's going to be some sort of public plaza based on those renderings. The land is owned by the city, and it would be incredibly on brand, but that's all I know.
 
All good. I looked on the previous page and found an image that shows the red outlined lot as a public plaza that would connect Switchpoint to Hancock. Presumably if it is being rendered in such a way, it is somehow included in the scope of the project, leaving who is doing the actual work (city or developer) as my question.

The parcel I am curious about is at the bottom of the image below and the old Family Dollar store is halftoned to the right of the plaza.
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100 Units Planned in Quincy Center​

“Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance Company is planning a new mixed-use building at the Corner of Chestnut & Maple Streets in Quincy Center. Dubbed MacArthur Landing, the development would include 100 apartments, a two-story garage, amenities, and a retail space with a restaurant. The building has beendesigned to align with the Quincy Center Design Guidelines, reinforcing the city’s vision for a vibrant, walkable, and architecturally cohesive downtown………..”

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100 Units Planned in Quincy Center

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Nice design, I'd hope it would be after 15yrs of it being a vacant lot, but nice design nonetheless.

Surely it's just coincidental that they eminent domained the lot across the street right before the announcement.
 
Did they buy Sully's!? Don't get me wrong I want my small lot urbanism but this is WAY WAY WAY better than what I expected out of the development.

Rolling my eyes though with the dog toilet "park" when the city is building them one just at the corner.
 

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6-Story Self-Storage Facility Approved in Quincy​

“Extra Space Storage, in partnership with SDG Development, has won approval for a new 6-story self-storage facility at 21 Weston Avenue in Quincy. The 75K square foot facility would be constructed adjacent to the existing Extra Space facility on the site.”

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6-Story Self Storage Facility Approved in Quincy

6-Story Self Storage Facility Approved in Quincy
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What's worse is that lot is, literally, a stone's throw from the Wollaston T stop. Great to see a parking lot developed into anything, but.. yeah.

Completely aside, but the proximity to the old Warren Ave footbridge always make me think the city should be making an effort to bring that one back or build another along that stretch. Ideally across Newport too but even just another connection above the tracks would do wonders for stitching Wollaston together.
 

QUINCY ‒ Old buildings are coming down, new foundations are laid, and developers are drawing up more plans to transform downtown Quincy. The two latest proposals, five stories on Chestnut Street and six on Hancock, would bring a combined 250 new apartments to the area, while tearing down iconic storefronts of a fading era.

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Boston Global Investors plans to build a six-story, 150-unit apartment building with retail space on the ground floor at 1630 Hancock St. The project site currently comprises a vacant lot owned by the city and the former Good Health Natural Foods, which would be demolished.

Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance Co. is proposing 100 units in a five-story building at Chestnut and Maple streets. The former Fat Cat restaurant and Sully's bar ‒ both vacant ‒ would be demolished under the plans.

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The project would include 100 underground parking spaces, one for each unit, according to the plans. Levels one through five would contain two studio apartments, 35 one-bedrooms, 54 two-bedrooms and nine townhouse apartments for a total of 100 units.

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The project will eliminate an 80-space surface parking lot currently used by Quincy Mutual. To compensate, Quincy Mutual says it will lease space in the city-owned Kilroy Square garage. That garage, which contains 712 spaces, currently leases about 250 to residents at One Chestnut and Nova Quincy.

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The plans for the 162,252-square-foot building [on Hancock Street] include a parking garage in the basement and ground-floor levels with 110 spaces. The garage would be accessed from Mechanic Street, the plans show.

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The ground floor would house the lobby of the apartment building as well as a retail space. The residential units are a mix of 51 studios, 53 one-bedrooms, 40 two-bedrooms, and six three-bedroom apartments.

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It's a shame to lose the commercial on Chestnut St but honestly both of these developments exceed my expectations. Beautiful additions to the built environment.
 

QUINCY ‒ Workers have begun demolition of a nearly 100-year-old building on Hancock Street, transforming a section of downtown that never quite recovered after the migration of retail from city centers to suburban malls and then online platforms.

Built in the 1920s, the Adams Arcade was a two-story commercial building in the art-deco style with neoclassical moldings adorning the stone facade of its upper level. In its place, Sam Slater’s Tremont Asset Management has proposed a 15-story residential tower with 266 studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments.

Yesterday's shopping is tomorrow's housing. The residential tower is one of seven proposals that are less than a third of a mile from each other. If completed, the new projects in total will add 1,330 new apartment units to the city's stock.

At 15 stories, Slater's residential tower would alter the city skyline, matching Quincy's tallest building, One Chestnut Place, located just 500 feet away.

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The Slater and Arcari projects are two of seven residential developments either in the pre-construction or planning phases that could create 1,330 new apartments in the area.

The buildings range from five to 15 stories. Here's a complete list:

  • 300 units at 119 Parkingway (site of the old IHOP) in a six-story, mixed-use building by Atlantic Development and the Hanover Co.
  • 266 units at 1469 Hancock St. (site of old Adams Arcade) in a 15-story residential tower by Sam Slater's Tremont Assets Management.
  • 256 units at 74 Granite St. (site of Quincy Granite Place shopping plaza) in a seven-story, mixed use development by The Grossman Cos.
  • 215 units at 1562-70 Hancock St. (site of old Paddy Barry's pub and Napoli's Pizza) in a seven-story, mixed-use building by LBC Boston.
  • 150 units by at 1620 Hancock St. (site of the old Good Health Natural Foods) in a six-story, mixed use developent by Boston Global Investors.
  • 100 units at 12-32 Chestnut St. (formerly The Fat Cat restaurant and Sully's bar) in a five-story residential building by Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
  • 43 units at 1445 Hancock St. (formerly Family Dollar) in a seven-story residential building with a restaurant on the first two floors by Joey Arcari's Monarc Development company.
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Great summary of everything going on in QC, it's going to be a totally different area in 10 years. This isn't even including the expected redevelopment of the Star Market Plaza as well. Some of these are better than others, but still this will really help continue the revitalization.

Also, pedestrianize Hancock between Granite and Hannon Pkwy please and thank you.
 
I am really glad to see Quincy posting such good numbers for new homes built. But I gotta ask, what in the name of all that is holy is going on with the QC train station property itself? Being right at the station, you would think this would be a higher priority for the city. And the vibe of the station outside is dismal and doesn't match the vibrant and changing feel of the surrounding area.

I think we are heading towards a world where living car-free in QC will be reasonable, and we should be planning for that. This station is a public transit powerhouse, and it's only getting better as the T is finally handling their backlog of deferred infrastructure maintenance. Just think of all the travel options someone living car-free in QC today has:

1. access to plenty of daily needs within walking distance: bank, post office, library (and an excellent one at that), barber shop, phone store, plenty of bars and restaurants. This will get even better with the Trader Joe's opening up at the old IHOP location.

2. access to most parts of Quincy, and parts of Weymouth, Braintree, Hingham, Holbrook, and Brockton using the 12 bus lines serving Quincy Center

3. Shopping at the North Quincy Target, via a quick red line trip

4. access to the several of the harbor islands, either by taking the red line to south station then walking to the ferry, or taking the 220 bus directly to the ferry terminal Hewitt's Cove in Hingham

5. great walking/cycling at Wompatuck Park in Hingham, accessible via commuter rail

6. Fall River and New Bedford day trips via the commuter rail

7. the ability to meet car-having friends at any commuter rail stop on one of the 3 Old Colony lines

8. easy Boston access on the red line

9. Worcester/Providence access by red line+commuter rail transfer

10. NYC, Philly, Baltimore, DC access by red line/commuter rail+amtrak transfer

11. Lots of New England trips possible through redline to south station, then taking one of the many intercity bus routes (Portsmouth, Manchester, Burlington VT, etc etc)

12. Good Logan Airport access via red+silver line, or 220+ferry+silver line

So I would love to see air rights (or next-to-station rights) exercised to build plenty of new homes, hopefully with very few parking spaces (the fact that we have done fine without the QC parking garage for years means there it would be indefensible to try to replace it with new public parking).
 
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300+ Multifamily Planned Near Wollaston Station in Quincy​


“An 8-story multifamily project has been proposed at 42 Beale Street just steps from the Wollaston Red Line Station in Quincy. The project would offer 321 apartments, a mix of 1 & 2 bedrooms with indoor/outdoor amenity space & an on-site leasing office.”


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300+ Multifamily Planned Near Wollaston Station in Quincy

300+ Multifamily Planned Near Wollaston Station in Quincy
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