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2-23-2025

Ironically this is happening as Lexington is getting some good press for its housing production efforts — America’s Most Exclusive Suburbs Are Finally Building More Housing States—and even historic towns like Lexington, Massachusetts—are easing real estate zoning to fight the affordability...

A lot of it is just terrible minimum lot-size requirements. Take Carlisle - which is located inside the 495 belt and a short distance from Route 3. It has almost universal 2-acre zoning. That’s 87K square-feet. A SFH takes up maybe 2K? Maybe 5K with amenities. That’s a lot of extra space. Just...

I think there’s one too many exterior colors for me - the old brick, the new brick, the beige columns, the dark grey, the light grey - but if they could simplify that and use high quality materials, I think it could work pretty well.

221 parking spaces for this is insanity. It's going right Downtown (see red dot). It's a great largely intact urban neighborhood. Chelsea could use better transit connections, but they've improved significantly in recent years with SL3 and the new commuter rail station.

Lexington has been a leader in MBTA zoning. It zoned more areas than required and significantly eased height/density requirements. Already 613 new units have been approved under the zoning and 481 units are under review. Still, it’s very easy to petition for zoning changes in towns in...

There’s got to be some kind of happy medium here. There’s a big gap between 4 stories and 20 stories. I appreciate the commitment to retain neighborhood commercial and more housing is good, especially from a location where you can throw a rock to Davis station. I agree that 4-stories here is too...

Agreed, short-sighted decision. This is located in a walkability/commercial desert. If you live here and want anything, like literally a cup of coffee, it requires a drive. And generally I’m happy to see housing.

I think yes unfortunately, the City Administration is not supportive of residential growth, certainly not to the extent that Everett, Cambridge, etc. are. I have heard that the Mayor is not supportive of additional multi-family or multi-family-dominant development in the Downtown area, instead...

The snow machines are a nice touch; the snow is very realistic. I actually thought the storm started early before I caught on —

2-8-2025

It does seem like this has been under construction forever, without a whole lot to show for it, except for the nearly completed deck. Not sure if this is typical for air rights projects of this size a nature or some of it can be coughed up to project management or financing issues. But if it is...

Thanks Javier! The old windowless one-story building here - the Silver Fox II - was apparently an event venue, but it had the name and appearance of a sketchy strip club - Before: https://maps.app.goo.gl/o9yGN8keUcXSeXoPA It will not be missed.

I think it’s a little bit obscene that the Corcoran-Jennison Companies, which boasts of developing more than $3.5 billion worth of housing and commercial developments across 19 states, is suing the developer in order to extract recreational fields and a mitigation fund for their tenants. Surely...

This project is like Reason 9,785 that Boston's zoning code is flawed. The project was designed to comply with the Zoning Code back in 2012 - making it short, lower density, and heavy on parking (1.2 spaces per unit). It is surrounded by industrial uses and higher density housing and it's a 20...

It's a little bit difficult to tell exactly what your specific objections to the requirements are Bean, but it's pretty clear that you think Healey misappropriated and vastly expanded the law. I disagree for a few reasons. Was the law unfairly expanded? The law requires, and I'm quoting...

I don’t understand the straight line where this is going to cause displacement. I mean, it’s an abandoned building, right? Like we’re only go to displace rats. If it was a housing development being replaced, I could totally understand, but there’s no direct nexus between these things. It’s a...

With 2025 right around the corner, the picture of communities that will not come into compliance by the December 31, 2024 deadline is becoming more clear. A total of 130 communities are running up against that deadline. About 100 have passed zoning they say will make them compliant, while...

This is just silliness, it's not municipalities joining the lawsuit, it's citizen groups, i.e. NIMBY or BANANA groups. I'm surprised they don't have groups from every community in Massachusetts.

This is a six-minute walk to the Maverick MBTA station, so it's a bit disappointing to have almost one parking space per unit. I realize that the neighbors hyperventilate about the availability of street parking, but we just incentivize the new residents to have cars when parking is provided and...