Quincy courthouse moving to former newsroom under $6M annual lease
A former newsroom will serve as the temporary Quincy District Courthouse while the state demolishes the current building as part of a multi-million-dollar replacement project.
The temporary location, an office building at 400 Crown Colony Dr. in Quincy, will be leased annually for more than $6.1 million, according to a Massachusetts Trial Courts spokesperson.
The lease term is for five years and is expected to begin toward the end of 2026, the spokesperson said. The existing Quincy courthouse will be closed upon relocation to the Crown Colony Drive building.
This short-term courthouse building is where The Patriot Ledger — the first to report on the chosen temporary spot — operated from 1988 until 2018.
Renovation of the building to accommodate courthouse operations will include a "demo" of its existing six floors to convert into "trial court rooms, offices, bathrooms, kitchenette, jail cells, etc.," read records from the Department of Inspectional Services , dated Nov. 13.
The existing Quincy courthouse at 1 Dennis Ryan Parkway will be demolished to make way for a new courthouse building, to be called the Quincy Justice Center , on the same site.
This new space will include the district, juvenile and housing courts and expanded public amenities, according to a state page for the project. It will also have space for jury rooms, district attorney offices and a Court Service Center.
Designed by Schwartz/Silver Architects, Inc., the Quincy Justice Center project is expected to cost $187.5 million and be completed by spring 2030.
The Quincy project is one of four courthouses the state plans to rebuild, according to Gov. Maura Healey's "Five Year Capital Investment Plan" released in June 2024. Other court facilities to be revamped include those in Lynn, Framingham and Springfield.
The current Quincy courthouse, constructed in 1987, is aging, overcrowded and in poor shape , Trial Court officials previously said. Plans for its revamp have been discussed for several years.
Once those four projects are fully underway, the Trial Court will coordinate with the state's capital management agency to plan the next round of courthouse projects, according to the Trial Courts spokesperson. Those plans will be included in funding requests for the 2030s.
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