Zoning board allows four townhouses at 141 School St.; developer to daylight portion of Town Brook

The Quincy Zoning Board of Appeals approved a four‑townhouse development at 141 School Street on Sept. 9, 2025, and the developer presented plans to reveal a paved‑over portion of Town Brook and create a small public pocket park as part of the project.

Heritage Companies (Fort Granite Realty Trust) proposed four three‑bedroom townhouses with two‑car garages accessed from the rear via an easement on adjacent property and a city license to use a sliver of municipal land for access and landscaping. Counsel for the applicant said the city has indicated willingness to issue the license and that the proposal will daylight part of Town Brook and replace an existing paved, degraded site with landscaping.

Civil engineers described grading, drainage, and a stormwater approach that routes roof areas to stormwater chambers for recharge and water‑quality treatment, and the project team said the city’s July 2025 flood‑map update removed the parcel from the floodplain, opening the site for development. The proposal includes one guest parking space and two garage spaces per unit; the applicant said conservation and planning constraints limited additional guest parking.

The board and multiple residents generally supported the design; a neighbor who lives adjacent to the site said the redevelopment would be an improvement. The board voted to allow the petition; required DPW responses and as‑built plan submissions were noted as follow‑ups to the approval.