East Boston Infill and Small Developments

Nice apt buildings going up, but I'm willing to bet that the rents will go right through the roof! :eek:
 
Scratch that, looks like something's going on at Portside phase II - there was concrete pouring going on yesterday morning (spotted it from the office, needed the binoculars to magnify...)


 
I was at Portside a couple of weeks ago. Phase 2 is definitely well underway.
 
202 Maverick St

APPROVED

BRA @BostonRedevelop
Board approves 202 Maverick St. project; 20 units, 3 IDP, 20 parking spaces #Eastie #EastBoston

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https://twitter.com/BostonRedevelop/status/753741015626964992
 
I think Eastie will be transformed more than any other neighborhood this decade. Only recently this was a poor enclave full of Spanish immigrants, gentrification is happening here at an even faster pace than Southie.

However I'm surprised that Suffolk Downs hasn't been redeveloped yet. It would be a perfect place to add units and meet Marty's goal of 50,000 new units by 2030.
 
tysmith95 said:
I think Eastie will be transformed more than any other neighborhood this decade. Only recently this was a poor enclave full of Spanish immigrants, gentrification is happening here at an even faster pace than Southie.

However I'm surprised that Suffolk Downs hasn't been redeveloped yet. It would be a perfect place to add units and meet Marty's goal of 50,000 new units by 2030.
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FYI, with projects already in the pipeline the 50,000 new units goal will be met closer to 2025 (if not sooner).
 
dshoost88 said:
FYI, with projects already in the pipeline the 50,000 new units goal will be met closer to 2025 (if not sooner).
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Dshoost -- Perhaps -- But to fill those units with productive, tax-paying folks who have a permanent stake in the city --- the schools need major improvements

Otherwise, families will not settle and contribute to the positive growth of the neighborhoods
 
whighlander said:
Dshoost -- Perhaps -- But to fill those units with productive, tax-paying folks who have a permanent stake in the city --- the schools need major improvements

Otherwise, families will not settle and contribute to the positive growth of the neighborhoods
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Usually you are hot air meets J. Peterman catalogue but this is just a lousy, cynical and ignorant statement. In so many different ways. You know what makes NYC just as great as its resident nuclear families? The non-nuclear ones, the serial bachelors/ettes and other random folk that create community outside their homes. At the bars, the fleamarkets and the coops. But from your armchair in Lexington...right on. It's a big world out there. Lot bigger than Lexington. Your love of history doesn't make up for lack of understanding of what is happening in Boston.
 
FortPointGuy said:
Usually you are hot air meets J. Peterman catalogue but this is just a lousy, cynical and ignorant statement. In so many different ways. You know what makes NYC just as great as its resident nuclear families? The non-nuclear ones, the serial bachelors/ettes and other random folk that create community outside their homes. At the bars, the fleamarkets and the coops. But from your armchair in Lexington...right on. It's a big world out there. Lot bigger than Lexington. Your love of history doesn't make up for lack of understanding of what is happening in Boston.
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FortPointGuy -- My point was that when you own a stake in a community you have more of a commitment to it. I didn't say anything against all manner of different lifestyles and their contributions. What I didn't say, but implied, was that in Massachusetts a community is funded dominantly by Property Taxes paid predominantly by homeowners. In turn, most people buy a home in a community to raise a family and that means schools.

Here are a few bits of data for you to ponder based on a recent article in the BBJ about growing and declining school enrolment.

Here are the top 25 school districts in MA and how they have fared in the past ten+ years
the other columns are population [2010 Census] and some derived values [my calculations]
MA Big School Districts
Pop Stud % chng stud stud%pop Delt Stud
Boston 617,594 53,530 -7% 9% -4029
Springfield 153,060 25,479 1% 17% 252
Worcester 181,045 25,076 4% 14% 964
Brockton 93,810 17,102 8% 18% 1267
Lynn 90,329 15,098 8% 17% 1118
Lowell 106,519 14,152 0% 13% 0
Lawrence 76,377 13,667 11% 18% 1354
New Bedford 95,072 12,681 -6% 13% -809
Newton 85,146 12,670 10% 15% 1152
Fall River 88,857 10,123 -8% 11% -880
Quincy 92,271 9,163 5% 10% 436
Framingham 68,318 8,478 4% 12% 326
Taunton 55,874 8,038 -3% 14% -249
Chicopee 55,298 7,710 2% 14% 151
Brookline 58,732 7,668 28% 13% 1677
Plymouth 56,468 7,634 -10% 14% -848
Wachusett 7,343 4% 282
Haverhill 60,879 7,324 -4% 12% -305
Revere 51,755 7,170 23% 14% 1341
Everett 41,667 7,125 35% 17% 1847
Methuen 47,255 7,027 -6% 15% -449
Lexington 31,394 6,925 11% 22% 686
Cambridge 105,162 6,607 14% 6% 811

average over the top 100 school districts
0% change in number of students 15% of population is students [14% for top 25 districts]
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A few interesting observations
Some places seem to really attract students [e.g. Everett, Lexington, Westwood, Lawrence, Brockton, Lynn] while others seem to "repel" them [e.g. Boston, Cambridge, Waltham, Somerville, Medford, Salem, Randolph, Quincy][some of these from top 100 list]
Most of the large districts showed very small growth or declined [e.g. Boston, Springfield, New Bedford, Fall River, Haverhill, Methuen, Plymouth] -- there were a few exceptions with significant growth [Cambridge, Lexington, Revere, Everett, Brookline, Lawrence, Newton]

The intersection between large district with high percentage of students of population [14% or more] with the fast growth in number of students [10% or greater] is an interesting subset -- ranked by fastest growth % of 25 largest:
Everett 41,667 7,125 35% 17% 1847
Revere 51,755 7,170 23% 14% 1341
Lawrence 76,377 13,667 11% 18% 1354
Lexington 31,394 6,925 11% 22% 686
 
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