The bill is seen as critical to supporting the state’s tech and life science industries, and will also impact the fate of a proposed professional soccer stadium on a parcel of blighted land along the Mystic River in Everett.
For nearly two decades, Robert Kraft, CEO of The Kraft Group, has been trying to move the Revolution to a soccer-specific stadium closer to their Boston fan base.
An East Boston nonprofit is challenging a recent state ruling that would prevent affordable housing from being built on a long-vacant waterfront parcel.
State regulators rejected a proposal backed by Boston Mayor Michelle Wu that would have lifted limits on the types of development allowed on 97 acres of the East Boston waterfront.
A state ruling on waterfront development clears the way for developer Cargo Ventures to begin permitting for a 1.1 million-square-foot industrial project in East Boston.
