Skating Club of Boston/Studio Allston Redevelopment | 1240/1234 Soldiers Field Rd | Allston

Blackbird said:
I lived in Brighton for awhile by Saint Elizabeth's, and I guess I always thought of the whole swath of land north of the Pike as "Lower Allston".

Edit: I guess Everett is the dividing line between 02134 and 02135. Huh.
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I recall seeing a Universal Hub story a year or two ago looking at the various divergent boundaries between Allston and Brighton that have emerged over the years, for example in BPDA or City documents and maps.

I agree though, even though technically part of the land north of the Pike is classified as Brighton, I think of it all as Lower Allston, with Allston Village comprising the other half of the neighborhood south of the Pike.
 
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Quick take: I like it, but LOL at the labelling in the renders ("flexible lawn", "active grove", "programmable activation"). Also, I highly doubt that bridge will ever see even close to 10 people on it at one time.
 
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Allston project gets special treatment in state housing bill​

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“As part of the housing bond bill approved Thursday, the Massachusetts Legislature created a $50 million fund meant to kickstart some of the many approved-but-unbuilt apartment and condo projects statewide.

In the part of the legislation establishing the so-called momentum fund, lawmakers included a $13 million earmark for affordable housing in The Davis Cos.’ planned development at 1234-1240 Soldiers Field Road, which sits in House Majority Leader Michael Moran’s district.


Davis Cos. President Stephen Davis said the funding will “unlock and speed delivery” of the project’s affordable housing piece.……”

https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2024/08/02/davis-soldiers-field-road-allston-earmarks.html
 
stick n move said:

Allston project gets special treatment in state housing bill​

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“As part of the housing bond bill approved Thursday, the Massachusetts Legislature created a $50 million fund meant to kickstart some of the many approved-but-unbuilt apartment and condo projects statewide.

In the part of the legislation establishing the so-called momentum fund, lawmakers included a $13 million earmark for affordable housing in The Davis Cos.’ planned development at 1234-1240 Soldiers Field Road, which sits in House Majority Leader Michael Moran’s district.


Davis Cos. President Stephen Davis said the funding will “unlock and speed delivery” of the project’s affordable housing piece.……”

https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2024/08/02/davis-soldiers-field-road-allston-earmarks.html
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OK, I have questions…….

Last non-paywalled info I saw says 543 units, 74 of which are income restricted. That’s slightly under 15%.

Is this a bad prededent for this politically connected developer in Moran’s district to be taxpayer paid for what is under the minimum standard expected?
 
shmessy said:
OK, I have questions…….

Last non-paywalled info I saw says 543 units, 74 of which are income restricted. That’s slightly under 15%.

Is this a bad prededent for this politically connected developer in Moran’s district to be taxpayer paid for what is under the minimum standard expected?
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There's no paywall here, refer to 2nd item:

BPDA Board approves new affordable housing in Allston, Dorchester, Roslindale, and South Boston | Bostonplans.org

Stay informed and involved. See news, press releases, and more.
www.bostonplans.org www.bostonplans.org

543 total residential units, 72 income restricted. However, 76 of the 543 are "home ownership" units. That leaves 467 rental units, of which 72/467 = 15.41% are income restricted.
 
DZH22 said:
There's no paywall here, refer to 2nd item:

BPDA Board approves new affordable housing in Allston, Dorchester, Roslindale, and South Boston | Bostonplans.org

Stay informed and involved. See news, press releases, and more.
www.bostonplans.org www.bostonplans.org

543 total residential units, 72 income restricted. However, 76 of the 543 are "home ownership" units. That leaves 467 rental units, of which 72/467 = 15.41% are income restricted.
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Whether the math semantics change from 13.25% to 15.41% is not the point (most people understand that)............ the central question remains, why is this developer in a powerful rep's district getting $13 million for something every other developer in Boston has to do? (and higher percents for developments applied today).

Maybe there is a good rational - - I'd like to learn it.
 
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