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The City's Planning Board approved a revised project... the only change was to the overall # of units from 120 to 100 which 40+ units will be 2/3 Bedrooms. Developers are now to get ZBA approval this month.

Developers bought that whole block minus the building on the right that has the white roof. Based on a couple meetings, the community does not want this massive project that focuses on micro 1-BR apartments (approx 420 SQ). the 50 Parking spaces for all of the units + Commercial Locations + Bike...

Fourth street & Broadway project

Almost 2 weeks ago, lone building was marked and soon after a fence was put in

The previous owners had defaulted once on their loan then struck a deal to refi ( i think). Shortly after there had been multiple incidents of kids trespassing the dangerous property. The City then boarded up a building or 2 and placed the property on receivership. Then the final straw was the...

MA Superior Court Votes to Approve Sale of Forbes Site to Mass Audubon, GreenRoots and The Neighborhood Developers!! After many years of fighting to secure the Forbes Site and transform it from a blight into a community asset, our dream of making that possible is coming to fruition! MA...

Former Pollo Campero site at 115 Park Street. 120 units (18 affordable) and up-to-7 commercial spaces on the ground level with a total of 50 parking spaces was presented to the Chelsea ZBA last night

Bus lanes on Second Street from Chelsea into Everett will go live in December

Yep, Vero II. I know that the city (chelsea) was also trying to have another development project behind Vero II but it would come with very limited off-street parking. No other updates available since last summer.

Forbes Site update by GreenRoots on 10/7/22: The owner has worked out a settlement with the Bank to avoid foreclosure. As a result, the planned auction will not take place, however, GreenRoots (and any other party) will be outreaching the Forbes owners with purchase proposals. GreenRoots was...

“battery storage plant for renewable energy”

The City's planning board approved the TND- 170 Cottage Street development project slating way for 66 affordable units (12 one-bedroom apts, 43 two-bedroom apts, 11three-bedroom apts) and 72 underground parking spots. This project will also include an open green space. Developers hope to start...

The former Salvation Army Retail location in downtown Broadway, slated to be a mix of 28 affordable rental & home ownership units has been updated to be all affordable home ownership units in light of a new financing opportunity for affordable home ownership. This change also allows for the...

Per a recent Boston Globe Article, the Forbes auction that was suppose to take place Today, Oct 7th, was cancelled. City Manager mentioned that they City learned that there was an unknown party who probably wanted to make a lucrative offer to purchase the site.... site would be a battery...