1-7 Maple Avenue 

Current Information and Updates

  • The 1-7 Maple Avenue project will be before the Planning Board on Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 7:00 PM.
  • Civico/Greenly gave a presentation to the Select Board on Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 7:00 PM. The presentation can be viewed here and the recording of the meeting can be found here.
  • Planning Board Topic Timeline: 
    • January 5th - Site Review (Graves Engineering)  & Fiscal Impacts to the Town
    • January 19th (Special Planning Board Meeting) - Traffic Peer Review (MDM Transportation Consultants)
    • February 2, 2023 - Continued Hearing (no presentation from Civico/Greenly)
    • March 2, 2023 - Planning Board Meeting at Shrewsbury Highschool 

Please contact the Planning and Economic Development Department with any questions related to the Planning Board process at (508) 841-8512 or via email at planning@shrewsburyma.gov.

Interactive Project Timeline

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History

The Beal Reuse Committee was established in 2017 to undertake a comprehensive analysis of potential reuses for the Beal Early Childhood Center property. The analysis was to include future public uses as well as the potential benefits of disposing of the property located at 1 Maple Avenue. Through a series of public hearings, surveys, and public forums, the Committee formed recommendations and presented them to the Select Board in July of 2019. From here a grant was obtained to create a Request for Proposals for the property and in September of 2020 the RFP was issued. Prior to this the Town Center District was created through Annual Town Meeting in May 2020. In 2021, the Beal RFP Selection Committee provided recommendations on the RFP to the Select Board and they engaged with Landwise in assistance with the negotiation of the sale of the property. A public hearing was held in December 2021 and after reviewing the feedback, on January 25, 2022, the Select Board voted to authorize the Town Manager to negotiate a Land Disposition Agreement with Civico/Greenly for 1 through 7 Maple Avenue, the former Beal School. On March 8, 2022, the Select Board unanimously voted to enter into and sign an agreement with Civico/Greenly Development for the disposition of 1-7 Maple Avenue.

Presently, Civico/Greenly has filed with the Planning Board to replace the current building and redevelop the site into a mixed-use building containing 55 apartments and approximately 8,000 SF of retail space with 146 parking spaces. The application will be before the Planning Board on December 1, 2022.

Documents Related to the 1-7 Maple Avenue Process

Select Board Documents

  1. Planning for the Beal School Disposition Presentation - BOS Meeting June 8, 2021
  2. Beal Reuse Public Hearing Presentation December 7, 2021 - Town
  3. Beal Reuse Public Hearing Presentation December 7, 2021 - Civico/Greenly
  1. Beal Reuse January 25, 2022 Board of Selectmen Presentation
  2. Board of Selectmen 03-08-2022 Meeting Presentation - Beal
  3. Beal Reuse Statement Board of Selectmen 2022 03 10

Beal Reuse Committee Documents

  1. Beal Early Childhood Center Reuse Committee Charge - Revised for Beal RFP 2020_02_14
  2. Beal Reuse RFP September 2020
  3. Beal RFP Committee Recommendation on RFP March 24, 2021
  4. A Preliminary Title Report for the Property, prepared by Gould Title Company, Inc. March 29, 2020
  1. Civico/Greenly Response Beal School Site Technical Proposal
  2. Beal Early Childhood Center Reuse Committee Charge - FINAL - November 28 2017
  3. M to Beal Reuse Committee_Town_Center_Update_2018_12_14

Preliminary Documents

  1. 2016_ShrewsburyMasterPlan
  2. Shrewsbury 2018 Town Center Parking Report
  3. Existing Conditions Report, Beal Early Childhood Center. December 18, 2017. (Lamoureux-Pagano, 2017)
  1. Town Center Visioning Report May 28, 2019
  2. Mass Develop_Real Estate Services Grant Award Beal RFP