Somerville Infill and Small Developments

[Javier]

Can’t miss it if drive by it

 

[Equilibria]

260 Elm - 100KSF of office above retail in Davis: https://s3.amazonaws.com/somervillema.gov.if-us-east-1/s3fs-public/2023-01/Project Narrative.pdf

https://s3.amazonaws.com/somervillema.gov.if-us-east-1/s3fs-public/2023-01/Renderings.pdf

Pretty true to what's there now, but I wish they were keeping the arched openings.

 

[Dr. Rosen Rosen]

Brick and siding coming along - apartments at Somerville and Central.

 

[Dr. Rosen Rosen]

I like the tower addition happening!

 

[LexSEDotVille]

28-44 Broadway - no recent progress
1 by LexSEDotVille, on Flickr

2 by LexSEDotVille, on Flickr

152-158 Broadway
3 by LexSEDotVille, on Flickr

4 by LexSEDotVille, on Flickr

103 Washington St - lots of progress. Tight alley!
6 by LexSEDotVille, on Flickr

8 by LexSEDotVille, on Flickr

5 by LexSEDotVille, on Flickr

121 Washington St - zero progress for a few months
1 by LexSEDotVille, on Flickr

 

[-anarresti-]

872 Broadway starting to go up. Not sure how final the render is but I'm not sure why there aren't windows along the side. Might feel a little dark and oppressive in there.

 

[Ruairi]

121 Washington St - zero progress for a few months
1 by LexSEDotVille, on Flickr

Anyone know what the story is with this?
like the Marie Seleste
crew just up and left one day.
how badly damaged does a structure like this get sitting exposed all through winter?

 

[Equilibria]

Updates to 256-260 Elm: https://s3.amazonaws.com/somervillema.gov.if-us-east-1/s3fs-public/2023-02/Renderings.pdf

 

[stefal]

872 Broadway starting to go up. Not sure how final the render is but I'm not sure why there aren't windows along the side. Might feel a little dark and oppressive in there.

This core has been up for a while now. Not sure what the hold up is...

I presume the lack of windows on the side is in anticipation of another development down the road, on either side.

 

[LexSEDotVille]

599 Somerville Ave.
1 by LexSEDotVille, on Flickr

 

[Dr. Rosen Rosen]

The Greek Ortho in Central. Kind of impressed, gotta say. A staff said the bell tower dome will be painted bright blue.

 

[sm89]

The Greek Ortho in Central. Kind of impressed, gotta say. A staff said the bell tower dome will be painted bright blue.

I think you mean "on" Central. The one "in" Central is Sts Constantine and Helen in Cambridge
Yea, they really went all out on this "Byzantining". Reminds me of St George in Lynn from about 10 or so years ago. They built a Byzantine facade over the 1970s architecture too: https://www.stgeorgelynn.org/our-community/history

 

[Dr. Rosen Rosen]

No more China Delight.

 

[chrisbrat]

Amongst the worst food -- of any variety -- I've ever eaten. A net positive change.

 

[RandomWalk]

Everybody must get stoned… Satisfy your munchies elsewhere.

 

[beck4537]

What is going in its place?

 

[Dr. Rosen Rosen]

What is going in its place?

A dispensary. Which actually…would have been super hip if they called the place China Delight.

 

[Dr. Rosen Rosen]

Assuming it sells…most expensive house sold in Somerville?? Single family in Spring Hill.

 

[Brick Top]

Assuming it sells…most expensive house sold in Somerville?? Single family in Spring Hill.

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Amazing, a $3M SFH with all the aesthetic charm of a generic yuppie box apartment building. So much for NIMBYs fighting against denser housing because it would "ruin the neighborhood character."

Edit: for comparison, ~$3M could also get you:

• An 3300 square foot brownstone two blocks from Symphony Hall: https://www.redfin.com/MA/Boston/18-Symphony-Rd-02115/home/9267478
• A 3600 square foot brownstone in the South End: https://www.redfin.com/MA/Boston/120-Appleton-St-02116/home/9242736
• A 2700 square foot new construction penthouse in Southie: https://www.redfin.com/MA/Boston/141-Dorchester-Ave-02127/unit-518/home/184664604
• A 3300 square foot brownstone in Charlestown, a block from the Bunker Hill Monument: https://www.redfin.com/MA/Charlestown/40-Winthrop-St-02129/home/9062482
• A much nicer 2700 square foot SFH in Cambridgeport: https://www.redfin.com/MA/Cambridge/468-Putnam-Ave-02139/unit-468/home/184664195

 

[Dr. Rosen Rosen]

Estate sale in Spring Hill?! Apparently the chef owner of Upstairs on the Square had a large designer shoe collection. Gucci bags too.

Line around the block at 8am.