We have updated Proposal for 528 Boylston Street: Public hearing recap to reflect the new date for the continuation of the public hearing. After the July 24 meeting, the date of the continuation of the public hearing was changed from September 6 to September 24.
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The Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) held a public hearing on July 24 on a proposal by Pennsylvania-based development company Toll Brothers to develop the former Sam White Landscaping site on Route 9/Boylston Street. The proposal has been submitted to the ZBA for a Comprehensive Permit under MGL Chapter 40B.…
On Thursday, July 20, approximately fifty people filed into the former Saco Pettee Mill building (c. 1896) at 156 Oak Street in Newton Upper Falls to view a range of plans, project renderings, construction updates, and project photographs for the Northland Newton Development (NND) project. Michael Medeiros, NND Associate Vice…
As anticipated, Alexandria, the nation’s largest life science real estate investment trust, has sold its Newton Riverside Center (275 Grove Street, Auburndale) to Boston-based Greatland Realty Partners for $117 million, half of the price it paid for it in 2020. Adjacent to the now-paused Mark Development Riverside project, the three-building…
Northland Development will host a Community Tour of its real estate development project at the corner of Needham and Oak Streets on July 20, 6PM-7:30PM. Weather permitting, this will include a walk through the construction site. The tour will start inside of Building 1, the historic mill building at 156 Oak…
Zoning Board of Appeals will meet in person (Council Chamber) and virtually (Zoom link) on Thursday, June 22 at 7PM. The agenda includes a continued public hearing on the Northland 160 Charlemont, LLC, request for a Comprehensive Permit, pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter 40B, to construct a nine-story mixed-use development with…
The Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) will meet in person (Council Chamber) and virtually (Zoom link) on Thursday, June 22 at 7PM (see Agenda). The ZBA is scheduled to continue its public hearing on the Northland 160 Charlemont, Comprehensive Permit (Chapter 40B) request to construct a nine-story mixed-use development with…
The great economist John Maynard Keynes wrote: “The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed, the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any…
Newton is embarking on the Washington Street Pilot — a project to redesign Washington Street from Chestnut Street in West Newton to Lowell Avenue in Newtonville to create a safer, more welcoming corridor for residents, commuters, students, customers, and everyone who uses this street. As an early part of this…
On Tuesday, June 13, 5:30PM-6:30PM, EMPath will host an event at Weeks House (7 Hereward Road, Newton Centre) to kick off Newton Thrive: Newton’s Economic Mobility Initiative. It’s an informational event for service providers and interested community members to learn more about this economic mobility initiative from program leaders and a…
In her May 12th newsletter, Mayor Ruthanne Fuller announced that the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) will not include the former Hotel Indigo as part of its Temporary Emergency Assistance Family Housing due to the high cost of transforming the property. The property, owned by Mark Development,…
The Newton Highlands Area Council has been following the handling of development at Levingston Cove and Crystal Lake by the Department of Parks, Recreation & Culture. Members of the Area Council have expressed frustration at the pace of the project and raised concerns that the community has not been sufficiently…