Developer proposes rezoning near Route 9 to add about 200 housing units at Eagle Rock site in Framingham

Eagle Rock representatives said they plan to seek a zoning map change to extend the town—s B (business) district onto part of a neighboring, mostly vacant lot to allow mixed‑use development that would add roughly 200 housing units behind the Eagle Rock at Metro West complex near Route 9.

Attorney Catherine Garahan, presenting for the applicant, told the Planning and Zoning subcommittee that the combined land between the two parcels is about 42 acres, "39 of those are in Framingham, 4 of the Marinadic," and that the site is split between B and R‑1 zoning. Garahan described a concept in which about an acre and a half of the front lot and roughly 14 acres of the lower lot would be rezoned to B to allow a mixed‑use special permit and subsequent site plan review. "The inclusionary housing requirements of the zoning ordinance would apply," she said.

Jim Hausman, representing Eagle Rock, said the company bought Bayberry (which they now call Eagle Rock at Metro West) and a second nearby community…