Kendall Square lab tower with public arts space approved, gas transfer station removal included
Enthusiasm for a lab building in Kendall Square that includes a $40 million arts space and additional $15 million public space and activity area swept the City Council along to a unanimous recommendation Monday.
Brookfield sale at $3.5B could look like $68M added to affordable housing with transfer fee
A $3.5 billion sale of Brookfield Asset Management was announced Monday, with about 90 percent of the office space it owns in Cambridge. With a real estate transfer fee in place, that would have meant an injection of up to $68 million for affordable housing.
Zoning board postpones affordable project vote to January, hesitating over its nine-story height
At a contentious four-hour hearing, the Board of Zoning Appeal refused to approve the height of 2072 Massachusetts Ave., a North Cambridge affordable housing project, arguing that its nine stories on the avenue was too tall and trying to get the developers to bring the building down to six.
As affordable project nears crucial zoning vote, councillor fears a new anti-planning precedent
A nine-story building with all affordable apartments – 49 in all, of which 71 percent are for families – arrives Thursday before the Board of Zoning Appeal with a positive recommendation from planning officials, but some riled-up neighbors and serious concerns from one city councillor.
Pandemic adds expense to construction sites across city, including in affordable projects
A construction moratorium early in the pandemic and new safety requirements for workers will cost the Cambridge Housing Authority at least $1.4 million in extra expenses for renovations at three sites. The housing authority isn’t the only developer affected by pandemic-related cost increases.
After $125M for 26 acres over the summer, IQHQ buys more Alewife property for $54M
The life sciences real estate development company that bought the 26-acre Alewife Park from GCP Applied Technologies in July for $125 million just dropped another $54 million on a property next door: One Alewife Center, a 90,000-square-foot four-story office property on an additional acre.
Affordable housing upgrades and construction could take 15 years to finish without Clark’s bill
A total of 526 existing affordable units that need renovation and 444 potential new apartments could be delayed for up to 15 years by a cap on state bonds, the Cambridge Housing Authority says.
Council affirms role of East Cambridge renters in deciding neighborhood conservation district
Renters in East Cambridge won a bigger seat at the table Monday in debate over whether the neighborhood will become a conservation district.
Affordable housing overlay becomes city law without much expectation for a surge of units (corrected)
Citywide affordable housing overlay zoning won approval Monday on an all but predetermined 7-2 vote, a repeat of the one last month that advanced it, with the mayor’s final comments reflecting the surrounding ambivalence.
North Cambridge restaurant with rare parking expected to become affordable housing project
The North Cambridge Stabilization Committee plan to squeeze in a 7 p.m. Tuesday meeting about a 100 percent affordable housing project before the 9 p.m. airing of the first debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee for president Joe Biden.
