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.
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.
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.
Ribbon is cut on 907 Main hotel and businesses, ‘love letter to Central Square’ still being written
The ribbon was cut Wednesday on 907 Main, a boutique hotel on Lafayette Square, and tours of its five stories gave a sense of what’s to come as well as what’s already there.
Weary yes vote for affordable housing overlay, developer offering at least a touch of optimism
The reintroduced Affordable Housing Overlay Zoning Petition moved to a second reading Monday, continuing its smoother passage to enactment compared with a first version tabled a year ago after months of controversy and divisiveness.
Kendall rooftop garden to be razed for redesign, but its plants are getting out alive, with residents
Kendall Square’s rooftop garden is getting redone as part of a larger project at 325 Main St., but the garden’s plants won’t suffer – many are being taken away Thursday by residents to be cared for at home, according to the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority.
Get ready to hear sound of hammers and saws; Construction moratorium is ending in phases
Prepare to start hearing the sounds of construction again as Cambridge moves though a four-phase plan to restart work its development industry – and the housing and financial benefits that come with it.
How do developers get neighborhood buy-in during pandemic? CoUrbanize has new tools
Construction is largely at a standstill due to the coronavirus outbreak. But the online developer platform coUrbanize says it is rolling out tools today for the next phase – when work restarts but social distancing makes communication with affected neighborhoods more complicated.
