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from the Cambridge Day website
http://www.cambridgeday.com/category/business/development/
A lot of this is to be by adding height to existing Boston Properties buildings as described in some additional detail in a slightly earlier Cambrige Day article [12/12/2015]
Note that this approx 1 M sq ft doesn't include the already permitted residence on Ames St.
Note further that the overall development has been renamed Kendall Center in keeping with Boston Properties penchant for renaming well known places
http://www.cambridgeday.com/category/business/development/
Kendall Square upzoning passes with deal boosting affordability, homeownership
By John Hawkinson
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
The addition of 1 million square feet of development and 560 units of housing to Kendall Square came Monday with a last-minute deal between the City Council and developer to make 20 percent of the new housing units available for ownership, rather than rental.
The sponsors of the MXD zoning petition, the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority and developer Boston Properties, agreed last week to increase the amount of subsidized housing in the zoning. On Dec. 16, the authority voted to require that 20 percent of floor area be devoted to low- and moderate-income affordable housing, and 5 percent middle-income....
A lot of this is to be by adding height to existing Boston Properties buildings as described in some additional detail in a slightly earlier Cambrige Day article [12/12/2015]
Council moves ahead with ‘MXD’ zoning that would build atop Kendall structures
By John Hawkinson
Saturday, December 12, 2015
The company [Boston Properties] intends to build on top of its Blue Garage (formerly the North Garage) between Broadway and Binney, as well as 325 Main St. (formerly 3 Cambridge Center), which houses the MIT Coop.
A city model of potential development in Kendall Square shows “MXD” additions in brown; those from MIT (already allowed by zoning) in orange; and federal Volpe Center changes in blue, yellow and pink. (Image: Suzannah Bigolin/CDD)
Note that this approx 1 M sq ft doesn't include the already permitted residence on Ames St.
Note further that the overall development has been renamed Kendall Center in keeping with Boston Properties penchant for renaming well known places