Design panel reviews Celebree School, factory design

Other Committee · Meeting of September 3, 2026

NORTHBOROUGH — The Northborough Design Review Committee reviewed a 150-child Celebree School child care center proposed for 300 West Main Street and weighed changes to a new industrial headquarters building planned at Bartlett and Lyman streets. Architect Derek Rubinoff and Boxcroft representative John Hajar presented an 11,216-square-foot building design, staggered drop-off schedules and a six-inch rain garden that one member called unsafe for young children. Engineering representative Patrick defended revisions to a 2021-approved factory design, including removing an offset wall pattern, while acknowledging "a lot of pushback on the changes." The project includes roughly $100,000 in landscaping and 259 trees and shrubs, plus a $25,000 contingency fund for added screening requested by neighbors, the Stone family.

The committee also approved, in concept, a two-tenant sign design for 75 West Main Street, and continued a sign application for 17 West Main Street after the applicant failed to appear.

In the full story:

• 300 West Main Street: Celebree School Child Care Center
• Industrial Headquarters at Bartlett and Lyman Streets: Design Changes Draw Pushback
• Signage at 75 West Main Street: Hot Sculpt Pilates and ReHouse
• Signage at 17 West Main Street: Continued for Lack of Applicant
• Administrative Items: Temporary Signs and Meeting Schedule
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 2,323 words

Source: the Other Committee meeting of September 3, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.