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Planning board approves three‑building Grove Street development including two restaurants
Summary
The board approved a three‑building project at 278 Grove Street with two full‑service restaurants, a 10,800‑sq‑ft multi‑tenant building, 153 parking spaces (including EV stalls) and pedestrian improvements; staff conditions require added glazing, landscaping and stormwater follow‑up.
The Planning Board on July 15 approved a definitive site plan for a three‑building development at 278 Grove Street that will include two full‑service restaurants fronting Grove Street and a multi‑tenant retail building to the rear.
Bowler civil engineering and the ownership team said the project covers about 2.1 acres and follows earlier demolitions on the site. The plan provides 153 parking spaces (zoning requires 147), six accessible spaces and 15 EV spaces; the design adds ADA sidewalks, raised crosswalks, and improved pedestrian connections from Grove Street to the rear building. Applicant team members said they will repave Grove and Brookfield frontages to the center line and work with the city on utility and stormwater connections.
Planning staff (Steve Carey) asked the applicant to add glazing where feasible along Grove Street, increase interior landscaping islands using some excess parking capacity, and provide a soils/mounding analysis to confirm infiltration units proposed at the rear will function as designed. DPW asked for bonding information at permit stage for the parking and utility work. The applicant said proposed EV chargers will be Level 2 and agreed to work with tenants on façade glazing without changing tenant interior plans.
No members of the public spoke. Board members said they supported staff conditions to activate the Grove Street frontage and moved to approve the plan; the motion passed by roll call.
