Building has been under renovation for 

several months 

By Caroline Gordon

Renovations to the Millis McDonald’s are underway and expected to be completed in the next few weeks.  

As of press time, Millis Building Commissioner Mike Giampietro said McDonald’s hoped to open its renovated site on Labor Day. 

The building at 808 Main Street has been redesigned and reconstructed from the ground up. 

According to its Planning Board application, the building layout will consist of a 3,990 square-foot restaurant with a side-by-side drive-thru. No changes to the existing access driveways were proposed, and the one-way circulation will remain. There will be 37 parking spaces. 

Additionally, new utility connections and a new drainage system are proposed, including deep sump and hooded catch basins and a proprietary oil and grit separator. No significant changes to the utility or traffic demands are expected. 

The renovated building is slightly smaller in size and has fewer parking spaces, allowing for the second drive-thru lane. 

The previous layout included a 4,115 square-foot restaurant with a single order drive-thru and 67 parking spaces. 

Last year, a similar renovation was reviewed by the Planning Board but was withdrawn after McDonald’s examined the feedback received from the board regarding the proposed building architecture. Since then, McDonald’s had worked to include the town’s request to build a colonial style building similar to the surrounding buildings. At its June 8 meeting, the changes to the site were positively received by the Planning Board.

Giampietro said he would not know the total cost of the project until construction was finished.