Heritage Companies scales down Willard/Robertson project, pledges granite house donation and $30,000 for traffic study; planning board approves with conditions

Attorney Edward Fleming, representing 622 Quarry LLC and development partners Heritage Companies, presented design revisions on May 21 for a previously reviewed 58-unit development at 86–92 Willard St. and 135 Robertson St. The applicants reduced the building by one full story and removed 10 units, revising the plan to a 48-unit building with roughly 75–95 on-site parking spaces depending on level, reconfigured garage access and more landscaped open space.

Fleming said the project team met with the mayor and city engineers after neighbors and board members raised concerns about the historic granite structure on site and traffic and safety at the nearby intersection of Quarry, Willard and Stedman streets. The mayor’s office arranged a structural assessment and, after consultation, city officials and the applicant agreed the granite structure could be removed from the property and donated to the city. Fleming said the developer will donate the…