The Quincy Planning Board on Sept. 15, 2025 approved a certificate of consistency for a Quincy Mutual redevelopment at 12–18 Chestnut Street (case 2025COCO2), clearing the way for demolition and construction subject to conditions from the planning department and public works. The approval was made consistent with the department’s recommendation; the motion to approve was made from the floor and the board voted in favor.

The planning department’s conditions require, among other items, a construction management plan to be filed and approved before a building permit; reconstruction of sidewalks along Chestnut Street and portions of Maple and Foster streets to ADA and AAB standards; a water flow test and television inspection of the existing sewer main before permitting; erosion‑control inspections prior to land disturbance; submission of a stormwater operation and maintenance plan to be recorded at the Norfolk County Registry of Deeds; pre‑demolition asbestos surveys and licensed abatement where required; pest and dust control plans; and submission of AutoCAD and certified record plans at project completion. The department also requires granite curbing reset or replacement, new street trees and monumentation of the public right of way.

Attorney David Mahoney, representing Quincy Mutual, told the board the project had been the subject of a peer review and that the applicant prepared written responses to the reviewer’s comments. Carlos Sculte of Civil Environmental Consultants, the project civil engineer, said the peer review and the Department of Public Works’ comments prompted clarifications but “didn’t really result in a lot of changes to the plans themselves,” and that recent water‑main upgrades had produced strong hydrant flows. Sculte told the board the project team revised the stormwater outlet elevations, worked with National Grid to move utility equipment for additional landscape buffering, and clarified garage dimensions and ADA sidewalk slopes.

A planning department staff member read the board’s recommended conditions into the public record and identified the project as located within the Quincy Center Urban Revitalization District Plan, with specific redevelopment obligations tied to that plan. Board member B’Shaughnessy praised Quincy Mutual and urged the applicant to consider hiring local tradespeople during construction.

The approval is conditioned on the items listed by staff; the board recorded the vote as in favor and the application will return only as required by the conditions (inspections, certifications and recorded documents). No specific construction start date or final design mockups were announced at the meeting.

Case number: 2025COCO2; project address: 12 and 18 Chestnut Street.