Developers propose three‑building commercial site at 324 Route 125 in Brentwood

Engineers for Revolution Real Estate presented a plan for a three‑building commercial development at 324 New Hampshire Route 125 in Brentwood during a town meeting, citing a 7.5‑acre parcel, revised wetland setbacks and onsite utilities.

"We are showing the revised wetland setback at 75 feet going forward," said Dan Page, with Jones and Beach Engineers, who told the board the project would include three commercial structures: a six‑unit contractor garage building, a three‑unit contractor garage building and an 1,800‑square‑foot leasing office. Page said the site will be served by an on‑site well and septic system that are still being designed and that the applicant has filed for a Department of Transportation driveway permit.

The project team told the board the site currently contains a large gravel access drive, an existing steel building housing Hobby Tracks and two older, unused sawmill buildings. They said they are under allowable site coverage and exceed required parking. A wetland complex on the property was re‑mapped after prior remediation work, and the applicant is requesting relief to place a stormwater basin within the wetland buffer at an upcoming zoning board hearing.

Town reviewers and the applicant debated stormwater design and drainage type. Technical review committee members raised concerns about a steep swale where runoff velocity may inhibit vegetation and cause erosion; the applicant said it will refine a HydroCAD model and is open to alternatives to open swales if modeling or reviewers recommend them. The applicant also said two test pits have been dug for stormwater design and that they will show those test‑pit locations on the revised plans.

Other items the project team agreed to address in the next plan revision included: listing abutters on the locus map, adding an impact‑fee endorsement block, including the surveyor stamp and wetland scientist certification on the existing‑conditions plan, adding a note that an emergency key box will be located at the corner of the leasing office, and adding required annual fire inspections. The team also said they will work with Eversource on two utility poles and seek to abandon a utility easement if the utility company agrees.

Francesco Fenicaro, identified in the record as one of the property owners, said the initial construction would focus on the six‑unit building with subsequent phasing of additional structures once the first building is occupied. "We would build the 6 units, initially, possibly together with the building on the right, but initially the 6 unit building," Fenicaro said, and added that inspectors have visited the existing structures and remaining items for final compliance inspections were being completed.

The board scheduled a public site walk for 9 a.m. on June 14 so members can view existing conditions, staked building corners or the applicant's app‑based plan markers, and examine critical areas such as the swale and driveway alignment. The board also voted to continue the public hearing on the application to the board's June 26 meeting. The applicant noted it will appear before the zoning board for relief related to work in the wetland buffer and that the DOT driveway permit remains pending.

Public comment was limited. A resident identified as Jimmy Showed, listing addresses on Route 125, said the applicants have been "great neighbors" and voiced support for the proposal. No formal approvals of the site plan were made at the meeting; the board's actions were scheduling the site walk and setting a new hearing date to allow the applicant to return with revised plans and to report on any ZBA or state permit outcomes.