The city of Boston controls parcels and rights-of-way that the MBTA needs to access its planned layover yard at Widett Circle, giving it leverage to pressure the transit agency to accommodate a larger mixed-use development.
The real estate investor that controls Boston’s Widett Circle once envisioned a 24 million-square-foot development spanning approximately 100 acres off Interstate 93, including a new Boston City Hall and 30-acre central park.
What was once floated as the site for an Olympic stadium could, in part, find its future as a rail yard for Greater Boston’s expanding fleet of regional rail trains.
