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Mashpee Commons reports construction progress; Route 28/Jobs Fishing Road 40B hearing continued after heavy peer-review critique
Summary
Mashpee Commons reported steady construction progress on Job's Whiting Trust Phase 1C–D and said first occupancy is targeted for October; separately, the ZBA continued a comprehensive-permit (40B) hearing for a 65-unit project at Route 28/Jobs Fishing Road pending traffic and civil-engineering responses to peer-review comments.
The Mashpee Zoning Board of Appeals on July 8 heard a construction update from Mashpee Commons and a separate comprehensive-permit (40B) filing for a 65-unit rental project at Route 28 and Jobs Fishing Road that the board continued for further technical review.
Tom Ferrante, representing Mashpee Commons Limited Partnership, said construction on the approved Job's Whiting Trust Phase 1C–D is underway: five of the 11 buildings in the current construction chunk are active, multiple buildings are framed and weather-tight, and building 77 is targeted for first occupancy around October. Ferrante said the development team is preparing lottery materials for affordable units and is advancing MassHousing submissions for the next set of buildings.
Separately, petitioner Commons LLC presented a proposal for 65 rental units, including 17 affordable units, on a 1.86-acre site at Route 28 and Jobs Fishing Road under a comprehensive-permit application. Peer-review civil engineer Jim Pavlik (Allen & Major Associates) outlined a lengthy review identifying omissions and technical gaps: missing dimensional callouts on site plans, unsigned existing-conditions plans, unclear easements for utilities and the bike path, lack of documented test pits for infiltration basins, incomplete stormwater conveyance details, and missing documentation for a proposed pump station and force main. Pavlik cautioned against granting blanket waivers where dimensions and constructability information are absent.
Board members and peer reviewers emphasized the need for documented sewer/wastewater capacity, detailed pump-station design and emergency-power backup, and a clear plan for snow removal, trash loading and truck access. The board set the next hearing for July 22 to focus on the traffic peer review (Vanessa Associates) and asked the applicant to supply traffic materials in time for peer review; civil- and architecture-response documents were requested afterward.
