Pedestrianization, accessibility and the uncertain future posed by lab developments were some of the flashpoints of discussion as city planners introduced Davis Square residents to an updated commercial area plan.
In a compromise to address a proposed a $3.3 billion redevelopment and expansion at the Somernova tech and business campus, Somerville’s mayor said she is considering adding an “innovation” category to commercial zoning.
A visit Thursday by Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley highlighted progress on the Clarendon Hill Redevelopment Project, which will upgrade 216 affordable homes and add 80 moderate-income units and 295 market-rate units.
Early public comment suggests an uphill battle for a $3.3 billion project at the Somernova business complex, though the group behind the proposal is adding sweeteners such as more investment in the community and the potential for housing,
Cambridge and Eversource have rejected a compromise offered by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on underground cable routes through the MIT campus for the utility’s huge transmission project in Cambridge, Somerville and Boston.
The huge project to replace and expand the Jefferson Park public housing development will be split in two, the Cambridge Housing Authority has decided.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology was asked Tuesday by a City Council committee vote to withdraw its opposition to Eversource’s preferred route for new transmission lines through its campus – an unusual attempt to pressure the school.
In studying the future of city-owned lots and properties in and around Central Square, four have uses already set as affordable housing and open space, while 10 – five buildings and five empty lots – need more discussion.