Somerville Infill and Small Developments

RandomWalk said:
Playing around with the calculator on the Somerville Zoning website, it looks like 3 units requires 1 affordable in NR zones. 2 units would drop to zero affordable.

The builders of 4 Princeton St subdivided into two lots so that each duplex was two luxury units. The building reads as a single 4 unit building from the street.
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Looks like they never updated the calculator. Amendment 2023-23 removed affordable units in this zone: https://online.encodeplus.com/regs/somerville-ma/doc-viewer.aspx?secid=8#secid-920

Im guessing the Princeton Street project that you referenced was permitted before the amendment.
 

Haycon Receives Full Passive House Accreditation for Somerville Project​

“The new mixed-use building at 154 Broadway in Somerville has received full Passive House accreditation. 154 Broadway is general contractor Haycon's third successive Passive House-certified building project, the second of which includes Mass Timber. The 5-story building offers 45 apartments along with a community room, fitness center, bike storage & dog run…….”

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https://www.bldup.com/posts/haycon-receives-full-passive-house-accreditation-for-somerville-project

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https://www.apartments.com/the-guild-somerville-ma/r1yemr2/

https://theguildsomerville.com/
 
stick n move said:

Haycon Receives Full Passive House Accreditation for Somerville Project​

“The new mixed-use building at 154 Broadway in Somerville has received full Passive House accreditation. 154 Broadway is general contractor Haycon's third successive Passive House-certified building project, the second of which includes Mass Timber. The 5-story building offers 45 apartments along with a community room, fitness center, bike storage & dog run…….”

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https://www.bldup.com/posts/haycon-receives-full-passive-house-accreditation-for-somerville-project

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https://www.apartments.com/the-guild-somerville-ma/r1yemr2/

https://theguildsomerville.com/
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A stone's throw from Michette...gotta factor in $150 monthly baked goods budget if you live there
 
kjdonovan said:
314-322 Somerville Ave (mixed use, site of the burned-out Fiesta building)
http://www.somervillema.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Somerville Ave 314-316 - Planset 8-8-2014.pdf
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316 just collapsed today. Obviously nothing came of this particular redevelopment project, and the building has basically been sitting derelict for a decade. The owner also owns, or at least used to own, the Eberle building at 33 Union Square, so they aren't a COMPLETE slumlord.

I wonder why they never went forwards with the redevelopment. Would have been a nice little building.
 
More units, for sure, but get rid of that siding and do a full restoration and that would be a quite nice late-Victorian.
 
sm89 said:
33 Mystic Ave:
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Just pulling out some of the renders: this building is shoving 8 units onto a tiny 1700sqft site, replacing the black and white building on the corner. It's notionally Assembly, but geez at least right now thats a terrible location. Also, given the site size, it's a perfect example of why we need to have a conversation about double loaded stairwells - this would have been a perfect application for point access if that was legal here.
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Just got a mailer that 103 Washington is going back in front of the ZBA at the April 2nd meeting for a "Major Amendment to a previously issued Special Permit". I didn't see any details yet on the zba site. Crossing my fingers they're finally activating the street level retail.

Looks like a restaurant permit for the old Sportinguista location at 282 McGrath is also on the list for 4/2 - nice to see that space get used again.
 
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The original is here. There was also an extension.

But you could also look at the pictures earlier in the thread, since it's been built and occupied for a few years now.

Which is why I'm assuming it's for something like building out the commercial space or something rather than a big change to the building, but who knows!
 
Thanks. I was confused because I thought it had already been built. I was wondering if it was the partially built one at Washington and Knowlton.
 
RandomWalk said:
Thanks. I was confused because I thought it had already been built. I was wondering if it was the partially built one at Washington and Knowlton.
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That one is taking an hilariously long time to complete.
 

Proposal for seven stories of affordable housing near Gilman Square is greeted with enthusiasm​




“The empty lot of the former A+ Auto Body in Winter Hill, Somerville, could be part of a seven-story affordable-housing project across from a 12-story apartment building.

Overwhelming public support was heard for a seven-story, all-affordable 50-apartment building at 297 Medford St., Winter Hill, during a Thursday meeting of Somerville’s Land Use Committee and Planning Board. Public comment is being taken through March 31.
The development proposed by the nonprofit Just A Start and affordable housing manager Somerville Community Land Trust is on the Somerville Community Bike Path, just down the hill from the Central Library and High School complex, and two-tenths of a mile from the Gilman Square MBTA station. The rental units would be offered to folks whose household income is 30 percent, 60 percent and 80 percent of area median income….”

https://www.cambridgeday.com/2025/0...ear-gilman-square-is-greeted-with-enthusiasm/

-This is all I could find for renders. The project says its 7 stories so this must have been an earlier iteration with just 3. Nice to see it gain 4 stories.
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Heres the lot:
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https://www.suburbsofboston.com/listing/73198957/297-medford-street-somerville-ma-02143/
 
stick n move said:

Proposal for seven stories of affordable housing near Gilman Square is greeted with enthusiasm​




“The empty lot of the former A+ Auto Body in Winter Hill, Somerville, could be part of a seven-story affordable-housing project across from a 12-story apartment building.

Overwhelming public support was heard for a seven-story, all-affordable 50-apartment building at 297 Medford St., Winter Hill, during a Thursday meeting of Somerville’s Land Use Committee and Planning Board. Public comment is being taken through March 31.
The development proposed by the nonprofit Just A Start and affordable housing manager Somerville Community Land Trust is on the Somerville Community Bike Path, just down the hill from the Central Library and High School complex, and two-tenths of a mile from the Gilman Square MBTA station. The rental units would be offered to folks whose household income is 30 percent, 60 percent and 80 percent of area median income….”

https://www.cambridgeday.com/2025/0...ear-gilman-square-is-greeted-with-enthusiasm/

-This is all I could find for renders. The project says its 7 stories so this must have been an earlier iteration with just 3. Nice to see it gain 4 stories.
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There’s a really good opportunity with this lot to create a retail space that interfaces with the community path. It has been discussed in the Gilman Sq neighborhood council that the developer is interested in retail or community space at street level and path level. Hopefully future renders will include that, I haven’t seen this render before.
 
Green-light this one right now! And then move on to making some use of the former Homan Building lot. The current "art park"/pop-up park is WAY preferable to the gravel lot that was there for too long, but Gilman Square -- the actual Square -- needs to be more than two gas stations and one excellent restaurant (Sarma).

Also: where's the stone lion's head from the Homan Building? It was saved and the city and the T said it would return once the station was open and all related construction was done, but...

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chrisbrat said:
Green-light this one right now! And then move on to making some use of the former Homan Building lot. The current "art park"/pop-up park is WAY preferable to the gravel lot that was there for too long, but Gilman Square -- the actual Square -- needs to be more than two gas stations and one excellent restaurant (Sarma).

Also: where's the stone lion's head from the Homan Building? It was saved and the city and the T said it would return once the station was open and all related construction was done, but...

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It was kept away because of politicians being sworn in to not make history seen. Be careful.
 
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