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Design Review Board approves Onyx Partners’ modernized facade at 40 Franklin with color and lighting conditions
Summary
Onyx Partners won approval to replace precast panels with a blue‑gray curtain wall and larger windows at the former electronics building at 40 Franklin Street, subject to a muted finish (not bright white) and controls on proposed accent lighting.
Onyx Partners received conditional approval from the Needham Design Review Board on a plan to modernize the former "You Do It" electronics building at 40 Franklin Street.
Mark Glusing, chair of the Needham Design Review Board, opened the discussion after the applicant presented renderings and materials samples. The developer described plans to remove precast concrete spandrel panels, install a blue‑gray curtain wall system with full‑height windows on the first floor and a flush storefront, and repaint brickwork to create a more contemporary facade. The applicant said signage will be brought forward…
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