As anticipated, Alexandria, the nation’s largest life science real estate investment trust, has sold its Newton Riverside Center (275 Grove Street, Auburndale) to Boston-based Greatland Realty Partners for $117 million, half of the price it paid for it in 2020. Adjacent to the now-paused Mark Development Riverside project, the three-building…
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Northland Development will host a Community Tour of its real estate development project at the corner of Needham and Oak Streets on July 20, 6PM-7:30PM. Weather permitting, this will include a walk through the construction site. The tour will start inside of Building 1, the historic mill building at 156 Oak…
Zoning Board of Appeals will meet in person (Council Chamber) and virtually (Zoom link) on Thursday, June 22 at 7PM. The agenda includes a continued public hearing on the Northland 160 Charlemont, LLC, request for a Comprehensive Permit, pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter 40B, to construct a nine-story mixed-use development with…
The Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) will meet in person (Council Chamber) and virtually (Zoom link) on Thursday, June 22 at 7PM (see Agenda). The ZBA is scheduled to continue its public hearing on the Northland 160 Charlemont, Comprehensive Permit (Chapter 40B) request to construct a nine-story mixed-use development with…
The great economist John Maynard Keynes wrote: “The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed, the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any…
Newton is embarking on the Washington Street Pilot — a project to redesign Washington Street from Chestnut Street in West Newton to Lowell Avenue in Newtonville to create a safer, more welcoming corridor for residents, commuters, students, customers, and everyone who uses this street. As an early part of this…
On Tuesday, June 13, 5:30PM-6:30PM, EMPath will host an event at Weeks House (7 Hereward Road, Newton Centre) to kick off Newton Thrive: Newton’s Economic Mobility Initiative. It’s an informational event for service providers and interested community members to learn more about this economic mobility initiative from program leaders and a…
In her May 12th newsletter, Mayor Ruthanne Fuller announced that the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) will not include the former Hotel Indigo as part of its Temporary Emergency Assistance Family Housing due to the high cost of transforming the property. The property, owned by Mark Development,…
The Newton Highlands Area Council has been following the handling of development at Levingston Cove and Crystal Lake by the Department of Parks, Recreation & Culture. Members of the Area Council have expressed frustration at the pace of the project and raised concerns that the community has not been sufficiently…
The City’s Planning and Development Department will host an in-person meeting on April 27, 7PM-8:30PM, at American Legion Post 440 (295 California Street) to gather thoughts from the public about how the California Street District should evolve in coming decades. What does this place mean to you, and how can…
Update: West Newton Cinema Foundatiowill host an in-person Community Information Meeting on Tuesday, April 11, 7PM-8:30PM at the Cinema (1296 Washington Street, West Newton). It’s open to the public. Register here. West Newton residents recently learned that Mark Development has applied for a demolition permit for the West Newton Cinema…
Mark Development, the company building the now-paused massive mixed-use project at the Riverside Station on Grove Street and I-95 in Newton Lower Falls, is exploring the possibility of repurposing the former Hotel Indigo on the site into a temporary shelter for homeless families. The hotel and restaurant were closed and…