
Headwinds Delay Suffolk Downs Groundbreakings
The first building in the Suffolk Downs redevelopment is nearing completion, but the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity Revere officials saw is taking longer to materialize than first hoped.
The first building in the Suffolk Downs redevelopment is nearing completion, but the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity Revere officials saw is taking longer to materialize than first hoped.
A recent wave of high-end housing developments in Revere has shifted the conversation to production of affordable and workforce housing, potentially including several large public parcels near transit.
Four Blue Line stops in East Boston and Revere will go offline to riders for two and a half weeks in May, adding to a previously delayed 14-day shutdown on the line’s other end designed to accelerate repair work, officials announced Monday.
In recent years, Revere has seen the construction of thousands of new apartment units and the opening of new hotels, restaurants and shops. But the activity has been so intense and rapid that many are concerned that it may one day squeeze out many of its largely immigrant and working-class residents.
A 305-unit apartment complex across from Revere Beach has opened a marketing center and beguin preleasing preleasing in preparation for October move-ins.
Redevelopment of Revere’s former Wonderland greyhound racetrack property could be around the corner with the selection of a brokerage to market the 34-acre site.