Redington Fairview General Hospital presents site inventory for 24,000-square-foot medical office building and parking expansion

Representatives for Redington Fairview General Hospital presented a site inventory and analysis to the Planning Board on a proposal to construct a 24,000-square-foot medical office building and expand parking at Fairview Avenue and Jones Street.

The presentation was given by Steve Blake of BH2M, who said the new medical office building would connect directly to the hospital and that the parking expansion would be constructed in phases. Blake said phase 1 would involve grading and stormwater work where an older family medicine building now sits, and that later phases would add parking on the opposite side of Jones Street and on the far side of Fairview Avenue after demolition of an existing building.

Blake told the board the project team consulted with the state Department of Transportation and concluded the project as proposed does not require an amended traffic movement permit. He also said the hospital’s existing site-law permit would be the subject of a major amendment that would include a review of stormwater design.

Board members and project representatives conducted a walk‑through of the site the day before the meeting; the board chair said the visit answered most questions. At the meeting, board members asked follow-up questions about stormwater features and winter performance of the site’s existing spreaders; Blake and his team described the underlying porous filter material and expected drainage behavior in freeze–thaw conditions.

No formal action or vote on the application was recorded at the meeting; the board thanked the project team and said the application would return for further review and approval pending plan updates and permitting.