Modera Mystic (400 low/moderate income units) | 4000 Mystic Valley Pkwy | Medford

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The application was filed under Chapter 40B, a statute that facilitates the construction of low- or moderate-income housing. The development, Modera Mystic, would be located at 4000 Mystic Valley Pkwy, the current site of Gold's Gym and other businesses.

New 400-Unit Development Proposed In Medford

The Mystic Valley Parkway proposal was filed under a state law facilitating the development of low- or moderate-income housing.

patch.com

 

[Vagabond]

Good for Medford on doing its part for adding housing, but there's going to be 2 Modera's in Medford under a mile from each other? https://goo.gl/maps/C98wDyTY5wz9xXas7

With the mess of traffic in that area coupled with the proximity to Wellington, I hope they figure out how to severely limit parking more than what the code requires:
Parking for Multiple Dwellings
b. Not over 125 feet 2 per DU + 1 Visitor per 10 units
c. subsidized elderly or handicapped housing regardless of height .5 per DU
d.Affordable or subsidized housing: 1.5 per affordable unit, regardless of height
e.Within the MUZ district (which adjoins public transportation at the Wellington MBTA Station) 1.5 per DU, inclusive of visitor parking

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[Equilibria]

With the mess of traffic in that area coupled with the proximity to Wellington, I hope they figure out how to severely limit parking more than what the code requires

It's not as great for Wellington as you think, though. The first part of the walk can be through the park and is nice. The second half is across a highway, up 3 flights in a parking garage, across the garage (with no dedicated sidewalk or directional signage) and then across the non-climate-controlled skybridge. All told, it's 0.8 miles at least and involves crossing two big roads and climbing 3 flights of stairs.

Unless you live at Station Landing, Wellington is not a great neighborhood T station. The OL yard is a huge obstacle.

 

[cadetcarl]

I remember long ago somewhere on here there was discussion of an OL stop between Wellington and Malden Center. I used to wonder at that, but it makes a lot of sense. Wellington is a great place to dump a car or get a bus to, but it is an awful walking station. Station Landing itself is an island.

Forget about Wellington; with a stop about halfway, somewhere around where Commercial St kinks opposite that shopping plaza, near the gym, you could instantly transform that stretch of Highland Ave from a bunch of huge parking lots to the next great residential neighborhood. I'm not sure what's going on with the empty land north of BJ's, is it contaminated or something?

Who says no?

 

[DrFreewind]

I go to golds, someone told me that they might sell the property, i thought it was just speculation. I guess they were right!

Although I don't want the gym torn down/relocated. It is a very good spot for residential development. Walking distance to wellington, right across the street from a park, and easy access to 93.

 

[stick n move]

This had an update in january.

Mill Creek Submits 350-Unit Housing Development in Medford​

“Multifamily developer Mill Creek Residential is seeking to expand its portfolio in the Wellington Circle area by replacing a vacant commercial property with a 350-unit apartment complex.

The redevelopment plan at 4000 Mystic Valley Parkway in Medford was paused while state officials weighed and eventually rejected local officials’ argument that the city was exempt from Chapter 40B, the affordable housing zoning law.

Since then, Mill Creek and The Davis Companies have sought approval for a pair of projects under Chapter 40B totaling 639 units.

Mill Creek Residential’s project would replace a vacant 66,000-square-foot commercial building with a pair of eight-story residential buildings totaling 430,000 square feet, including 88 income-restricted units representing 25 percent of the total. Three podium levels of parking would include 396 spaces, according to a submission to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.

The project would include a private shuttle for residents to the MBTA’s Wellington station…..”

Mill Creek Submits 350-Unit Housing Development in Medford

Multifamily developer Mill Creek Residential is seeking to expand its portfolio in the Wellington Circle area by replacing a vacant commercial property with a 350-unit apartment complex.

bankerandtradesman.com

 

[as02143]

I didn't know that 396 parking for 350 units seems like an awful high parking ratio. Likely this will only get Wellington the Wellington area to continue to be to be "suburban hell" city living.

 

[curcuas]

The problem with parking requirements is (mostly) about:
- Mandating parking in transit rich and highly walkable areas
- Mandating far too much parking for commercial (or residential)
- Mandating parking in areas where you can park on the street easily enough

The problem isn't 1/unit for residential near the end of a transit line in a not particularly walkable location.

Shouldn't be mandated, but I'm not going to blame a developer for proposing it.