Quincy General Developments

Also, why do they need sell 12 acres of a public park for a 110 room hotel?
 
New Plans Emerge for Eastern Nazarene Campus

As Eastern Nazarene College prepares to close its doors after more than 100 years in Quincy, new plans have emerged for what may become of the 20-acre campus.

The college has begun the process to create a new subdivision called Eastern Nazarene Estates. It proposes dividing the campus into 30 single-family lots and two multifamily lots, with one new thoroughfare and two cul-de-sacs.

The city’s planning board endorsed the preliminary subdivision application when presented to members on Dec. 18. Representatives for the college were not at the meeting and members of the public did not speak at the meeting because the item wasn't being considered under a public hearing.

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This subdivision proposal was submitted to the city on Oct. 31, weeks after Mayor Thomas Koch reintroduced a push to limit development of the Wollaston campus to senior housing by placing a zoning overlay district. Koch previously said he would not support high-density housing on the site. The Patriot Ledger has reached out to the mayor's chief of staff for comment, but not heard back yet.

Residents who spoke at an October planning board meeting on the zoning proposal said traffic and historic flooding in the area were top concerns, and wondered if the college’s buildings could be repurposed for community use.
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Off the cuff it seems to me like this is a noticeably lower density than the surrounding neighborhood. Why SFHs?
 

Site Clear Ahead of Large Quincy Mixed-Use Development​

“Crews have demolished the former IHOP restaurant in Quincy Center clearing the way for a 7-story mixed-use development. The project, located at 101 General McConville Way will include just under 300 apartments along with a 14,000-square-foot specialty grocery store (Trader Joe's) and additional retail space for a bank and cafe.”

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https://www.bldup.com/posts/site-clear-ahead-of-large-quincy-mixed-use-development

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My parents were mourning the loss of the IHOP when I saw them earlier this week. Pancakes aside, this is a huge win for that area. Don't know why it needs such a honker of a garage, but it's much needed infill. That entire section of Quincy is going to be unrecognizable in a few years.
 
Arenacale said:
My parents were mourning the loss of the IHOP when I saw them earlier this week. Pancakes aside, this is a huge win for that area. Don't know why it needs such a honker of a garage, but it's much needed infill. That entire section of Quincy is going to be unrecognizable in a few years.
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They'll be happy to know the IHOP isn't closing permanently, they plan to reopen in the space below Petco across the street.

My understanding is that the garage is going to be shared between this development and the medical center planned next door by the same developer.

EDIT: Isn't closing permanently
 
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18 Unit Multifamily Proposed in Quincy​

“Plans are under review to replace an aging commercial building at 90 School Street in Quincy with a 4-story residential project. The new building would offer 18 residential units with 21 parking spaces. Plans call for studios through 2 bedrooms with a fitness center also included.”

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https://www.bldup.com/posts/18-unit-multifamily-proposed-in-quincy
 
That spot has been empty for at least the 7 years I've lived here, great that something might finally get done there.

The intersection it's at has a ton of potential as the gas stations phase out. 4 bus routes pass through the intersection, a 5th just a block over.
 
KCasiglio said:
That spot has been empty for at least the 7 years I've lived here, great that something might finally get done there.

The intersection it's at has a ton of potential as the gas stations phase out. 4 bus routes pass through the intersection, a 5th just a block over.
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Yes, that intersection could be a proper square.
 
Speaking of intersections that could be proper squares...

North Quincy Walgreens at 324 Hancock Street to Close

QUINCY − A Walgreens location in the city will close its doors permanently Feb. 27, according to a company spokesperson, citing adverse business conditions affecting the national chain of retail pharmacies.

The North Quincy Walgreens at 324 Hancock St. that is closing is one of four Walgreens in Quincy.

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FoxRock, the real estate development firm owned by telecommunications billionaire Rob Hale, bought the property at 324 Hancock St. in 2019 for $5.1 million.

FoxRock has built major residential and commercial developments in the city, including Ashlar Park, where the old Quincy Medical Center once stood, and Center & Stone in Quincy Center. It also plans to build a medical office building run by Beth Israel Deaconess downtown.

A spokesperson would not say if FoxRock plans to find a new tenant or redevelop the property for new uses.

Walgreens sublets the property from a "master tenant," according to a statement from FoxRock.

"While the closure is disappointing to see, FoxRock purchased the land at 324 Hancock Street in 2019 with a pre-existing lease agreement in place between a master tenant and sublessee," the statement reads.

"FoxRock is not party to the sublease and is therefore not in a position to comment further on that relationship."
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Great opportunity for an auto-oriented development on a prime parcel get redeveloped into something wonderful. Right across the street from NQ station.
 
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Going Out With A Bang: Biden's USDOT Pledges Funding to Infrastructure Projects Across Massachusetts - Streetsblog Massachusetts

The largest grant award will fund the reconstruction of the McGrath Highway in Somerville as a narrower, grade-level boulevard.
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The City of Quincy will receive a $10.4 million RAISE grant to construct "complete streets improvements" to a half-mile segment of the lethally dangerous Southern Artery, a four-lane highway that blights the city's north side.
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Very interested to follow this. No doubt the strip needs it, but it's an interesting choice to prioritize considering most of the Coddintgon<->Pond stretch is almost entirely drive throughs and car dealerships. The stated improvements already sound better than the very disappointing Merrymount Parkway reconstruction
 
KCasiglio said:
mass.streetsblog.org

Going Out With A Bang: Biden's USDOT Pledges Funding to Infrastructure Projects Across Massachusetts - Streetsblog Massachusetts

The largest grant award will fund the reconstruction of the McGrath Highway in Somerville as a narrower, grade-level boulevard.
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Very interested to follow this. No doubt the strip needs it, but it's an interesting choice to prioritize considering most of the Coddintgon<->Pond stretch is almost entirely drive throughs and car dealerships. The stated improvements already sound better than the very disappointing Merrymount Parkway reconstruction
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Yeah, that is an odd place to prioritize for improvements.

I was recently reading someone arguing we should really be triaging when picking streets to improve. (It must have been in Walkable City by Jeff Speck.) Basically, cities spend too much of limited resources trying to improve streets that are just too car-centric. Those projects tend to not do much. Some streets can't be fixed, or not anytime soon. We should be spending that money around the existing walkable core, and especially the immediately adjacent streets that could become more walkable/bikeable with a bit of help.

I don't know how dogmatically to apply that. But that does seem like a good way to consider it here. Quincy has lots of little walkable centers that could be expanded with a bit of investment. And if the Southern Artery is dangerous, do a road diet, but don't waste bike money there.
 
ritchiew said:
Yeah, that is an odd place to prioritize for improvements.

I was recently reading someone arguing we should really be triaging when picking streets to improve. (It must have been in Walkable City by Jeff Speck.) Basically, cities spend too much of limited resources trying to improve streets that are just too car-centric. Those projects tend to not do much. Some streets can't be fixed, or not anytime soon. We should be spending that money around the existing walkable core, and especially the immediately adjacent streets that could become more walkable/bikeable with a bit of help.

I don't know how dogmatically to apply that. But that does seem like a good way to consider it here. Quincy has lots of little walkable centers that could be expanded with a bit of investment. And if the Southern Artery is dangerous, do a road diet, but don't waste bike money there.
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Yeah, it's tough with a grant like this because to win it you have to hit the metrics that the feds are setting and those never have any room in them for that kind of nuance. They want quantifiable demonstration that this is a big problem area, which Southern Artery certainly is, but we silo transportation and land use in this decision making which then has us targeting these areas where there isn't the transformative potential there until the land use changes. Perhaps a tree lined median and a multi-use path spur better land use decisions down the line, but I don't see Quirk going anywhere any time soon and two of the drive throughs just finished major remodels.

Regional/state agencies are VERY sensitive to being perceived as only interested in the urban core, and we suffer for it by spending very limited resources in places that just don't merit it. Last year I did an intersection study in Sharon for an intersection that had had 1 crash in the past 5 years. A solo driver hitting a pole. Not that it was a perfect intersection or that the residents won't benefit from the study, but is that an effective use of highly limited public funds/staff time?

Until this past year when we were able to push for revised scoring criteria we were consistently selecting suburban sprawl arterials for our corridor studies at the MPO (Rt. 9 in Framingham, Rt. 1 in Norwood, Rt. 53 in Norwell etc). We were able to push for revised scoring metrics and ended up with Rt. 114 in Salem this year, easily our most urban corridor study in the past decade. It's tough.
 
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Site Plan Approved for 61 Hancock Street

The development proposal has 139 apartments across six stories above a two-story parking garage. Half of the units would be one-bedroom apartments, while the rest would be split between studios and two-bedroom units. The complex would have 134 parking spaces. A representative for the applicant said the project’s proximity to public transportation is one of the reasons why fewer than one parking space per unit was proposed.

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This version of the project is half the physical size of what Slater Family Holdings was initially approved for in May 2021. Representatives cited high interest rates and the cost of lumber and other construction materials at the time as the reason why the original 16-story, 240-apartment project was not built.

The applicant previously noted that construction would begin at the latter half of this year and take 18 months to complete.
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Plen-T-Pak said:
Yes, that intersection could be a proper square.
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Circling back on this because it reminded me of a project I did back in school on the land use impacts of electrification. You can see the three gas stations at that intersection here in red (high risk of obsolescence, e.g. gas stations, oil change specialists) as well as lots of other very well situated parcels around the area. Orange are ICE specialists (Mufflers, transmissions, etc) or home heating oil specialists. Yellow are general auto repair shops, which should still expect to see less business. Certain specialists that stand to be minimally effected (collision, detailing) or possibly benefit (tires, brakes) were not listed. This area is right about the halfway point between QC and QA, but has very heavy bus presence, is pretty walkable, and could support a lot of mixed use redevelopment.

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