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Developer revises 506 South Street plan; Planning Board approves updated 18‑unit proposal
Summary
South Street Assets LLC reduced the proposal at 506 South Street from 21 to 18 units, reconfigured parking and added outdoor amenity space; the Planning Board accepted the department’s recommendations and approved the revised site plan.
The Quincy Planning Board on June 25 approved a revised proposal for 506 South Street from developer South Street Assets LLC after the project team reduced the building’s unit count and reworked parking and landscaping.
Attorney Edward Fleming introduced the revised plan and said the team had “taken into consideration all of the comments and concerns that this board raised” at prior hearings. Architect Brian Donahue told the board the project had been changed to remove a quadrant of the building, reducing units from 21 to 18 and cutting building square footage by roughly 1,600 square feet overall.
Donahue said the changes allowed the project to add more outdoor amenity space, reshape parking and move a transformer. “We’ve gone from 35 spaces to 33, but we think that that’s reasonable in light of the fact that we’ve reduced the number of units. There are still 21 spaces in the parking garage,” Donahue said.
Public commenters, including nearby resident Jack Mayo and Ward 2 City Councilor Richard Ash, raised concerns about the scale of the building and on‑street parking in the neighborhood. Fleming said the applicant’s traffic consultant and the city's peer reviewer concluded the parking supply and the revised design were adequate, and he said the owners plan to market units “below market rate” to improve affordability.
The Planning Department recommended approval subject to listed special and general conditions, including compliance with the City of Quincy Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance (IZO), a construction management plan, water flow testing, CCTV inspection of existing sewer infrastructure, an operation and maintenance plan for stormwater controls, and a predemolition asbestos survey. The board voted to accept the department’s recommendation and approve the site plan as conditioned.
No zoning variances were requested for this iteration; the record shows the board and peer reviewers will continue to review engineering and drainage details before building permits are issued.
