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Crosspoint's Manhattan Commerce Park subdivision prompts questions, board continues hearing to Dec. 1
Summary
Crosspoint Associates asked the Norwood Planning Board on Nov. 3 to approve a definitive subdivision plan for roughly 28 acres at 6365 Manhattan Street that would consolidate about 21 parcels into two lots and add a short cul‑de‑sac and road frontage; after extensive technical questions and public comment the board continued the hearing to Dec. 1, 2025.
Crosspoint Associates asked the Norwood Planning Board on Nov. 3 to approve a definitive subdivision plan for roughly 28 acres at 6365 Manhattan Street (marketed as Manhattan Commerce Park), consolidating about 21 assessor parcels into two lots and showing a new Road A with a cul-de-sac. Attorney David Hearn, representing the applicant, said the developer filed a preliminary plan in April 2025 and a definitive plan in September; under Chapter 48, §6 of Massachusetts law the applicant seeks to preserve the zoning in effect when the preliminary plan was filed.
Hearn told the board the application requests nine waivers from subdivision regulations, arguing many requirements (a full tree inventory, soil/percolation testing, certain stormwater computations and conduit locations) would be premature without a specific development proposal. “The statute…
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