ZBA OKs Advanced Softball Training expansion at 6 Brook Road, raises staff and participant caps and parking waiver

The Needham Zoning Board of Appeals on Oct. 30 approved an amendment allowing Advanced Softball Training LLC to expand into the entire condominium unit at 6 Brook Road and to adjust previously imposed limits on occupancy and parking.

Attorney George Giunta Jr., representing the applicant, told the board the unit is a 5,577‑square‑foot condominium built in 1966 and historically shared with a separate tenant, Chilly Bears. Giunta said Chilly Bears ceased operations sooner than expected and Advanced Softball now seeks to occupy the whole building, remove most interior partitions to create batting‑cage space, and use the existing 17 on‑site parking spaces. "Advanced Softball will now take over the entire building and all the parking spaces. They will be the sole tenant, the sole occupant, the sole user of the…