Brockton Developments

NeighborWorks holds ground breaking at 1200 Montello St. project in Brockton, MA​


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“Brockton, MA NeighborWorks Housing Solutions held a groundbreaking celebration at 1200 Montello St., the future home of the Brockton South Transit-Oriented Development (TOD).

The transformative mixed-use, mixed-income rental development, located adjacent to the Brockton Campello Commuter Rail Station, will encompass 94 units of affordable housing and ground-floor neighborhood-level retail in one of the Commonwealth’s critically important Gateway Cities.”

https://nerej.com/neighborworks-holds-ground-breaking-at-1200-montello-st-project-in-brockton-ma

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https://www.utiledesign.com/work/1200-montello/
 

Hotel Grayson​

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“Utile is working with NeighborWorks, a non-profit committed to community development and affordable housing, to restore this currently vacant historic property directly adjacent to Sycamore on Main. Built circa 1907, the hotel is emblematic of Brockton’s growth and prosperity during the early 20th century and one of the city’s few remaining examples of Renaissance Revival architecture. The 20,000 square foot, three-story building will provide retail and amenity space on the ground floor and 16 affordable housing units on the second and third floors. With the help of federal rehabilitation tax credits, this project will provide much needed low-income housing to the area and help revitalize downtown Brockton.”

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https://www.utiledesign.com/work/hotel-grayson/
 
Downtown brockton urban revitalization plan amendment presentation.





https://brocktonredevelopmentauthor...24/06/downtown-brockton-urp-amendment-2-1.pdf

Downtown brockton urban revitalization plan original.





https://brockton.ma.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/brockton-urp-voted-by-city-council.pdf

https://brocktonredevelopmentauthority.com/home/programs/downtown-brockton-urp/


Brockton Redevelopment Authority selects Charter Development LLC as partner for Trout Brook redevelopment district​

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“Charter’s proposal is a transit-oriented, mixed-use development that includes over 1,000-market rate and income-restricted units. Residents will benefit from an easy walk to commuter rail, a regional transit hub and downtown’s amenities. The Charter plan emphasizes open space including a centrally located town green and linear park along Trout Brook that will provide green space for gatherings, relaxation and informal recreation. The proposal also includes a comprehensive community outreach plan, ensuring that residents, businesses and stakeholders actively engage in the public process…..”

https://nerej.com/brockton-redevelopment-authority-selects-charter-development

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Brockton combined public safety complex u/c, 2025.

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“Both the Brockton Police Station and Fire Station #1 were deemed functionally obsolete and needed substantial rehabilitation. The City of Brockton approved a combined modern public safety campus including a joint Emergency Services Dispatch Center, Brockton Emergency Management Agency, and the City’s IT Department.

The campus represents an ideal and comprehensive co-location of related public safety services given today’s increased risks of physical and technological vulnerability to the continuity of service in urban settings. However, these entities and departments face unique operational needs, threats, and hazards. Careful, insightful assessments and planning for security mitigation measures are being developed as part of the design process to create an environment ideally configured for efficient service to the community and safe incident response.”

https://www.kba-architects.com/projects/public-safety/brockton-public-safety-facility/
 

Quincy Street Development​

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“Northeast Private Client Group is pleased to present the Quincy Street Development located at 383 Quincy St in Brockton, MA, on the East Side of Brockton near Whitman and East Bridgewater. This is a fully approved development for a (5) story apartment building comprised of (39) residential one-bedroom floor plans. Currently, 42,933 SF (0.99 Acres) of vacant land, zoned C-2. Approximately 150’ on Quincy St (with 2 curb cuts). Unit sizes will range between 700-800 SF for one-bedroom and 53 off-street parking spaces.”

https://northeastpcg.com/for-sale/383-quincy-street-brockton-sale/
 
Same, I believe they call this layout a cottage court. Youre starting to see a few of these popping up aroind the country now, but this is the first Ive noticed in MA. We need lots more of these, tiny homes, starter homes, ADU’s, etc…
 
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stick n move said:
Downtown brockton urban revitalization plan amendment presentation.





https://brocktonredevelopmentauthor...24/06/downtown-brockton-urp-amendment-2-1.pdf

Downtown brockton urban revitalization plan original.





https://brockton.ma.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/brockton-urp-voted-by-city-council.pdf

https://brocktonredevelopmentauthority.com/home/programs/downtown-brockton-urp/


Brockton Redevelopment Authority selects Charter Development LLC as partner for Trout Brook redevelopment district​

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“Charter’s proposal is a transit-oriented, mixed-use development that includes over 1,000-market rate and income-restricted units. Residents will benefit from an easy walk to commuter rail, a regional transit hub and downtown’s amenities. The Charter plan emphasizes open space including a centrally located town green and linear park along Trout Brook that will provide green space for gatherings, relaxation and informal recreation. The proposal also includes a comprehensive community outreach plan, ensuring that residents, businesses and stakeholders actively engage in the public process…..”

https://nerej.com/brockton-redevelopment-authority-selects-charter-development
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This is a terrible design. The C shaped blocks that enclose small, useless parks scream “housing project” look, and moreover, they are wasted space. Would’ve been so much better to have one large green space and build the buildings denser elsewhere. We’re still not recognizing that shared public space is infinitely better than every building having their private but shittier space. Guess that’s America.
 
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Guess that’s America.
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Trying to make semi-private green space work is absolutely not an American thing, you see it all over the world. It can actually be pretty good (see the 'cottage court' above, but a downtown area is absolutely not the place for it. Buildings arranged to form a continuous (albeit somewhat amorphous) park/park network would be significantly better.

Also, terrible mixed-use. Different functions in the same buildings, I do not understand why this is so hard.
 
TheRatmeister said:
Trying to make semi-private green space work is absolutely not an American thing, you see it all over the world. It can actually be pretty good (see the 'cottage court' above, but a downtown area is absolutely not the place for it. Buildings arranged to form a continuous (albeit somewhat amorphous) park/park network would be significantly better.

Also, terrible mixed-use. Different functions in the same buildings, I do not understand why this is so hard.
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For a rough example of what might be good in this space, have a look at central Kaunas, Lithuania where there's a very green, pedestrianized central street, lined with mid-rises and connected to neighboring parks. I'm not saying Brockton should look exactly like that (The 'canvas' is not nearly as long after all) but it gives what I think is a pretty good starting point for a plan.
 
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