Controversial Dascomb Road Project Back On Agenda in Andover

ANDOVER, MA — A planning board hearing on a controversial, retail and office project that was continued last month will reopen when the board meets Tuesday. According to the agenda, the Andover planning board will hear an overview and may deliberate on the latest version of a proposal from the Lupoli Company to remake a 16.2-acre industrial parcel on a busy stretch of Dascomb Road near the Tewksbury town-line and an Interstate 93 interchange.

The project would add 3,000 car trips daily in the area, according to a peer review of the developer's traffic study. When the board met in July, much of the discussion on the project focused on traffic impacts of the project. The project would require changes to the Route 93 north and southbound interchanges, as well as new traffic signals at Smith Way, Fron­tage Road, and Dascomb Road.

Andover Special Town meeting rejected changes in January 2018 that would have allowed housing to be built on the property. Lupoli revised the proposal, which now calls for 1,760 parking spaces, a 66,000-square-foot, 100-room hotel, 80,000 square feet of retail space, 20,000 square feet of restaurant space, a 30,000-square-foot fitness center, a 35,000-square-foot grocery store, and 293,000-square-feet of professional office space.