Developer Rafi Properties is back with a new proposal for a 1.6 million-square-foot tech campus near Somerville’s Union Square after reducing building heights and slashing the parking count in its original proposal, while adding housing and cultural economy tenant spaces.
What else is on tap today?
- Berkshire Bank CFO Leaving: David Rosato plans “to pursue other interests.” His replacement is a 12-year veteran of the bank.
- No Tolls, But Problem Remains: After floating the idea of new highway tolls ignited a firestorm, Transportation Secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt told business leaders Tuesday the current funding tools for transit and roads ‘aren’t working.’
- Cape Homebuilders Exec Out: First-term state Rep. Chris Flanagan stepped down from his job as executive officer of the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Cape Cod after being fined for lies about a 2022 campaign mailer.
- Fenway Infill Apartments: A nonprofit developer that has agreed to purchase a former Fenway laundromat submitted plans for a 24-unit affordable housing project for the site.
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These are the top 10 existing, recent single-family home sales in Hampshire County.
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- Massachusetts faces a high cost if we decide to do nothing in the face of our transportation funding problems, A Better City’s Rick Dimino argues.
- Gov. Maura Healey is at the Vatican this week to plug her proposed climate tech-funding law. Some local brokers think the bill could jumpstart suburban office properties.
- After months in the doldrums, multifamily building permits in Boston are ticking up.
