Redevelopment of historic Middle East rock clubs to be introduced at Sept. 29 community meeting
A community meeting will be held Sept. 29 to talk about proposed changes at the Middle East nightclub and restaurant complex in Central Square, which is expected to stay open into 2024 and return to business after redevelopment.
Order asks for a conversation on restricting labs as they spread outside cramped Kendall Square
Representatives of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kendall Square Association and Chamber of Commerce fired warning shots responding to a proposal that could limit labs to the city’s industrial zones.
Six-story hotel with a pair of stages for music could replace The Middle East in Central Square
The Sater family has plans to demolish its Middle East nightclub and restaurant complex in Central Square and build back a hotel with entertainment venues.
Lab building that would overlook Porter Square to be introduced to residents at online meeting (Updated)
Two homes and a former printing company in Porter Square are due to be replaced by a four-story laboratory office building, topped by a fifth floor of mechanicals.
Eversource has 8 miles of power cable to install under city streets, but not all are in on the plans (Updated)
More than 8 miles of underground cables must be installed to connect an Eversource substation coming to Kendall Square with existing ones in surrounding cities.
Five affordable homes near Union Square are first for nonprofit Somerville Community Land Trust
An affordable-housing nonprofit founded in 2019 cuts the ribbon Wednesday on its first purchase: five permanently affordable homeownership units near Somerville’s Union Square.
With Jefferson Park housing deadline nearing, agency must make up lost $11M of $252M total
The 278-unit Jefferson Park affordable public housing development has an $11 million hole in its financing just five months before officials must close on funding.
Checking success of Affordable Housing Overlay, councillors wonder at walkaways and rejections
The first report on the effects of the Affordable Housing Overlay raised many questions, but councillors decided to keep wondering until they could hold a comprehensive hearing.
Early project community engagement meetings should have an in-person option, board agrees
Developers have introduced plans remotely during the Covid pandemic, but may be expected to hold either a hybrid meeting or two meetings, including one that’s in-person.
Infrastructure-first approach is eyed in Alewife as working group charts out six-month process
A group trying to help define how the Alewife area develops for the coming decades is expected to wrap up in December – capping work begun more than 40 years ago.
