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Maher Companies seeks approval for third building at Commerce Drive; board will finalize conditions in November
Summary
Maher Companies presented plans for a third contractor building at its Commerce Drive campus and the planning board voted to close the public hearing and draft conditions for a Nov. 12 decision; the proposal includes a 30,000 sq ft building, landscape improvements and minimal stormwater changes.
The Braintree Planning Board heard a public presentation Oct. 14 from Maher Companies (represented by attorney Frank Marinelli and company representatives) on a proposed third commercial/contractor building at 201 Commerce Drive. The proposed Building 3 is a 30,000 square‑foot contractor/warehouse structure within an existing 16.1‑acre industrial campus previously approved for two similar buildings.
Marinelli summarized the site history and the company’s investments since acquiring the property, and said the new building complies with the town's dimensional and density requirements. The applicant described a landscape plan that includes roughly 27 new trees and about 205 new shrubs to improve the frontage and curb appeal. Engineer testimony stressed the site had been previously analyzed for full impervious coverage as part of the phase 2 approvals and that only a modest increase (~7,000 sq ft) of impervious area was associated with the new building's utility/service tie‑ins.
A letter of support from an adjacent property owner (Robert Perkins) was read into the record, praising prior Maher improvements. The planning board closed the public hearing and voted to instruct staff to draft a decision and conditions to be considered on Nov. 12. The board and peer reviewers identified outstanding civil and utility peer review comments to be addressed before final decision drafting.
The applicant indicated all three campus buildings are intended for contractor uses consistent with the Commerce Industrial Park zoning and that the proposal will add taxable commercial building area to the town's assessment base.
