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Council continues review of Winchester Hospital expansion at Commerce Way to Oct. 21
Summary
A request from MHP Realty (Cummings Properties) for a 7,120-square-foot addition and related flood-plain and parking adjustments at 10 Commerce Way was discussed; the council continued the public hearing to Oct. 21 and referred the matter to the committee on special permits.
The Woburn City Council on Oct. 7 continued the public hearing for a proposal by MHP Realty, represented by Cummings Properties, to add approximately 7,120 square feet at 10 Commerce Way and to address flood-plain, conservation and parking issues.
Michael Evaney, an architect with Cummings Properties, said the expansion would support an endoscopy and gastroenterology program for Beth Israel Lahey Winchester and that the project had recently received a conservation commission vote to close the public hearing. “We seek a special permit to construct a single story approximately 7,120 square feet, building addition at 10 Commerce Way,” Evaney said.
Project engineers described revisions to parking and stormwater management, including removing some spaces to create pervious area and installing a subsurface stormwater detention system to improve treatment of runoff. The petitioner said the proposed plan reduces impervious surface compared to earlier submissions and that state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) comments were addressed in revised materials.
Councilors thanked the petitioner for detailed submissions, and several requested that suggested conditions be formalized. Councilor Bowen said she hoped to see the conservation commission’s order of conditions before formal action; the petitioner said the order of conditions would be issued on Friday and an appeal period would follow.
The council voted to continue the public hearing to the regular meeting on Oct. 21 and referred the matter to the committee on special permits for further review.
