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Quincy planning staff, councilors back expanding TOD overlays to North Quincy and Crown Colony; planning board recommends combining into Quincy Adams TOD
Summary
Quincy, Massachusetts — City planning staff told the ordinance committee June 2 that the city seeks to expand its transit‑oriented development (TOD) overlay to include three office parcels near the North Quincy MBTA station and to add roughly 16 parcels in Crown Colony.
Quincy, Massachusetts — City planning staff told the ordinance committee June 2 that the city seeks to expand its transit‑oriented development (TOD) overlay to include three office parcels near the North Quincy MBTA station and to add roughly 16 parcels in Crown Colony, a move the planning board has unanimously recommended.
Rob Stevens, deputy planning director, briefed councilors on the proposal and on the history of transit infrastructure that shaped both station areas. He said the North Quincy expansion would pick up three commercial properties—150 Newport Ave (built 1972), 100 Newport Ave (1980) and 200 Newport Ave (1985)—that are now aging and were previously restricted by industrial zoning. The Crown Colony expansion would add 16 parcels to create a mixed-use…
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