Boston planning officials gave their OK to a major rezoning of Charlestown’s industrial areas Thursday night, the penultimate step in paving the way for major commercial and residential growth around the neighborhood’s subway stops.
Charlestown neighborhood activists portrayed their neighborhood as choking on traffic and overdevelopment in objecting to a rezoning plan that could bring more high-density commercial projects and housing.
Developers would find a clear pathway to build higher-density projects lining the upper deck of Interstate 93 at Boston’s northern gateway under a rezoning plan nearing the finish line.
It’s hard not to see the proposed One Mystic residential tower in Boston’s Sullivan Square as a test case for whether the Wu administration can follow through on its housing production rhetoric.
