While officials in the deep-blue town in the shadow of Cambridge are adept at spouting platitudes about the need for affordable housing, their actions show otherwise as their battle against a Chapter 40B proposal approaches its seventh year.
The 28 Austin mixed-use development transformed an municipal parking lot into 68 apartments and 5,000 square feet of retail with two innovative strategies: modular construction and grassroots support.
NEI General Contracting has completed construction of 28 Austin, a 68-unit modular mixed-use development built on a former Newtonville municipal parking lot.
A $28.35 million construction loan from a regional bank supported redevelopment of the St. James Episcopal Church in Cambridge’s Porter Square as a 46-unit condominium development.
A controversial multifamily development on Newton’s city-owned Austin Street parking lot has obtained $30.2 million in construction and permanent financing.
Orangetheory Fitness has signed on as the third commercial tenant at Brookside Square, a transit-oriented development at 50-70 Beharrell St. in Concord.
