Shrewsbury voters approve rezoning for former Spag's land
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The two plans would redevelop three large tracts of land, including the site where Spag's served as a retail magnet before its sale Building 19.
Shrewsbury voters have approved rezoning land along Route 9 from residential to commercial use for a development project on former Spag’s property near the westbound-side junction of Route 9 and Oak Street.
Voters at Tuesday night’s special Town Meeting approved rezoning 9.6 acres, a bit more than a third of the roughly 27 acres owned by Spagtacular LLC, which is managed by developer Sam Adams. The land is made up of residential plots as well as the former Chelmsford Ginger Ale bottling facility and Spag's warehouse, Adams said. The rezoning will assist redevelopment of the site, he said.
"When fully built out, the site is expected to support retail, commercial and residential uses," Adams said in a letter to town meeting members.
Voters also approved incorporating the land into the Lakeway Overlay District, which was created in 2004 to allow for a mix of commercial and residential uses in one development.
Work on the site will begin this fall, Adams wrote, and would take three to five years to complete depending on demand to rent and lease. Buildings will be one to four stories tall and spread out throughout the site, he said. Adams said the development would create approximately 800 temporary jobs and 500 to 600 permanent jobs.
Adams is also redeveloping nearby Fairlawn Plaza, at 378 Maple St., which once housed the Price Chopper supermarket until 2010, when it moved east to the junction of Route 9 and South Street. Adams told the WBJ he plans to raze the 88,000-square-foot strip mall and replace it with 230,000 square feet of office and retail space. This land is not part of the zoning change.
Also, another developer, Grossman Development Group of Southborough, wants to build 80,000 to 100,000 square feet of retail space, along with 250 apartments and 20 townhouse units at the 20-acre site of the former Spag's store, further west on the westbound side of Route 9. The development would carry the name Lakewood Commons. The store, which later became a Building 19, still has some light activity on the site.
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