Quincy planners continue review of 3-story mixed-use at 90 Columbia Street after resident concerns about parking and traffic

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The Planning Board heard detailed presentations on a proposed 3‑story, 29,500‑sq‑ft mixed‑use building at 90 Columbia St — combining a Learning Experience childcare, Lift to Swim swim school and six apartments — and continued the public hearing to April 8 after neighborhood objections about parking, traffic and snow storage.

The Quincy Planning Board continued its review of a proposed 3‑story, mixed‑use building at 90 Columbia Street after an evening of technical presentations and extensive public comment.

The applicant team described a 29,500‑square‑foot project that would replace an existing one‑story printing facility with a building housing a childcare center (The Learning Experience) and an indoor swim school (Lift to Swim) on the first and second floors and six residential units on the third floor. Architect Matthew Jarmel said the building footprint would be about 11,000 square feet and the site covers roughly 0.74 acres. "The 1st and 2nd Floor include the childcare center and the lift to swim and the 3rd Floor includes the apartments," Jarmel said during the presentation.

Project materials submitted to the board show 25 surface parking spaces, including two ADA spaces,…

Quincy planners continue review of 3-story mixed-use at 90 Columbia Street after resident concerns about parking and traffic

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