Somerville Infill and Small Developments

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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Heres the lot:
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It’d be great to finally do something on this site. Also - the 90’s called and it wants those renderings back. ;)
 
595 Broadway 04/09
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That project makes use of modular steel moment frames in a way that I haven’t seen as much around here.
 
I'll put it in this thread for now, until more solid plans are established - the Winter Hill Community School is up for replacement, and it seems like they are likely combining efforts/schools and replacing or adding on the Brown School as well, as one new school. I've heard/read rumors that the preferred alternative (unofficially) is cutting Trum Field in half and putting a new school there. It seems to be getting a lot of pushback in the community, less so from SPS.

The MSBA process requires several alternatives that have to be evaluated and have legitimate reasons behind the preferred schematic, so there are other options, but it sounds like the school committee(s) are all preferring this due to its relatively low complexity.
 
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