A lawsuit that’s delayed an $80 million hotel project in Boston’s North End is partly funded by a rival developer who unsuccessfully attempted to buy the site, the hotel developer’s legal team alleges.
Development of an $80 million hotel in the North End received approval from the Boston Planning & Development Agency over objections from Boston city councilor and state Sen. Lydia Edwards.
A proposed 134-room hotel in Boston’s North End is drawing objections from City Councilor Lydia Edwards, who says the 80,824-square-foot project would erase the neighborhood’s benefits from the removal of the elevated Central Artery.
A plan to reverse exclusionary zoning in Boston and address discriminatory housing practices needs only Mayor MartyWalsh’s already-pledged signature to take effect, after receiving a favorable vote Wednesday from the Boston Zoning Commission.
Boston city councilors unanimously approved the nation’s first-ever zoning amendment that asks regulators to consider issues such as displacement, gentrification and discrimination when reviewing new development.
The 16.5-million redevelopment of the Suffolk Downs racetrack cleared its largest hurdle to date after an extended debate that brought to a boil concerns over housing affordability and displacement in East Boston.
Among the new questions that developers are likely to face while seeking approvals: Would locally-owned businesses be displaced? And how will you market the development to encourage a diverse tenancy?
With this zoning amendment, Boston will be the first city to use the power of zoning to create economically and racially diverse communities.
With seemingly dwindling prospects of new federal aid for people still struggling to pay rent thanks to the COVID-19 crisis, the state could see “chaos” as its eviction and foreclosure moratorium ends Aug. 18, a leading housing advocate says.
Boston should add new enforcement clout to its fair housing policies as vulnerable populations contend with higher-than-ever roadblocks to keeping roofs over their heads, concludes a report culminating a three-year study of local conditions.
Responding to the national debate on institutional racism and criticism from elected officials, the Boston Planning and Development Agency is creating a new position to focus on diversity issues.
As Super Tuesday and the Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary looms in his campaign’s windshield, candidate Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders took to twitter to say he “stands with” community groups seeking to halt plans to redevelop Suffolk Downs.
Suffolk Downs developer HYM Investment Group is agreeing to $2 million in benefits to local building trades as part of a project labor agreement for 14,000 projected construction jobs on the proposed 16.5 million-square-foot development.
Boston City Councilor Lydia Edwards and two legal groups are calling for deeper levels of housing affordability at HYM’s Suffolk Downs mega-project.
Boston is having a lively argument over how to increase the number of units affordable to middle- and working-class families amid a predominantly gold-plated housing boom, but any solution it finds will have a hard time spreading farther.
A 6 percent tax on real estate transactions of $2 million or more would subsidize affordable housing production under a new proposal by two Boston city councilors.
