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79-Acre Residential/Retail Development Gets Nod From Town

HOLBROOK, MA-The Joseph R. Mullins Co. can move ahead with its development of Old English Square, a residential/retail project on a 79-acre parcel at 221 Union St. Town Meeting approved the rezoning of the site.

By Naomi Grossman | Updated on May 19, 2004

HOLBROOK, MA-Town Meeting has approved the rezoning of the 79-acre parcel at 221 Union St., enabling the Joseph R. Mullins Co. to move ahead with its development of Old English Square, a residential/retail project that will be one of the city’s largest developments.

The Mullins Co. purchased the property from Klass Realty for $1.4 million. The property once served as a dairy farm until it was sold to the Wright family, who built the Wright Bros. Sports Center at 231 Union St. on a portion of their land. The family eventually sold the property to Family Golf, which went bankrupt in 1999. Klass Realty acquired the land from Family Golf and recently sold it to the Mullins.

A year ago, Town Meeting rejected the Braintree, MA-based developer’s proposal which at the time involved 379,000 sf. The estimated $40-million plan included a 36,000-sf retail village that would be on Union Street, a commercial corridor, and a residential village about 1,000 feet behind that with 343 condominiums. A few months later, Mullins returned with a new plan that slashed the number of condominiums to 28 and was primarily four to six retail outlets and five to six small businesses. Mullins Co. officials then worked closely with town residents and officials to develop a new plan for the project.

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