Developer Challenges Waltham Office Park Rezoning
Southborough-based Ferris Development is suing the city of Waltham because its office park wasn’t upzoned for housing alongside three BXP-owned properties.
Southborough-based Ferris Development is suing the city of Waltham because its office park wasn’t upzoned for housing alongside three BXP-owned properties.
Waltham city councilors said letting three office parks redevelop with up to 2,000 new homes, saying the project was vital to the city’s future.
BXP got the OK to add multifamily housing to two of its office parks, but Mayor Jeannette McCarthy vetoed a third.
Office parks and a high-profile commercial property in Waltham would be rezoned to allow large-scale housing development under a push by developer BXP.
Boston Properties is moving ahead with the full buildout of the 94-acre former Polaroid campus in Waltham, a 1-million-square-foot office-lab project that would be accompanied with an extensive series of roadway changes at Route 128.
HomeGoods has scheduled opening dates in the next month for two new Massachusetts stores and signed a lease for a future store at 1265 Main St. in Waltham.