Weston infill and small developments

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There isnt an existing thread for weston so making a new one.


Ex-Liberty Mutual campus in Weston, soon to be labs, gets $150M loan

The property, located just off the intersection of Route 128 and the Massachusetts Turnpike, is set to feature 340,000 square feet of space once construction is complete.

https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2022/10/19/liberty-mutual-weston-campus.html

 

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Don't worry, until the State really ramps up the penalties on the MBTA communities law, nothing will be built in Weston.

 

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Very true

 

[RandomWalk]

Somewhat similarly, Princeton is investigating what it would need to do to comply with the law. One option is forgoing the funding tied to compliance, since they don’t make use of the funds.

 

[jklo]

Don't worry, until the State really ramps up the penalties on the MBTA communities law, nothing will be built in Weston.

If anything, getting labs built will ensure it won't be turned into Residential. It's also basically in Newton.

 

[curcuas]

If anything, getting labs built will ensure it won't be turned into Residential. It's also basically in Newton.

Not a single surprise there

 

[themissinglink]

'Weston Whopper' Development Backed by State Panel

A proposed apartment complex dubbed the “Weston Whopper” by opponents should be approved under Massachusetts Chapter 40B housing law, according to a state panel that dismissed Weston officials’ objections to the project.

bankerandtradesman.com

 

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Wow this is in the middle of nowhere.

Nobody would even know this thing exists. Of course theyre mad though, cant have any poor ppl in weston…

 

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Different render from uhub

Quelle horreur: State board orders leafy Weston to allow a 180-unit apartment building on a 9 1/2-acre parcel​

“The state Housing Appeals Committee recently ruled that Weston, a town far from meeting its minimum state requirement of having 10% of its housing units be affordable, has to allow construction of an apartment building that locals have been fighting for years as the "Weston whopper" - a four-story, 180-unit building with 45 affordable apartments and 293 parking spaces on a 9 1/2-acre parcel that would also include a pool, a playground and separate dog areas for small and large breeds……..”

https://www.universalhub.com/2025/quelle-horreur-state-board-orders-leafy-weston

 

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Modera Weston​

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Permits Issued for Weston Multifamily Project​

“A series of permits have been issued to begin work for Modera Weston along Boston Post Road. The initial permits include construction of Building A, to offer 65 units, the community clubhouse, and renovations to the Mirik-Farnsworth building. The project calls for a total of 180 luxury apartments.”

https://www.bldup.com/posts/permits-issued-for-weston-multifamily-project

 

[BronsonShore]

Modera Weston​

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Permits Issued for Weston Multifamily Project​

“A series of permits have been issued to begin work for Modera Weston along Boston Post Road. The initial permits include construction of Building A, to offer 65 units, the community clubhouse, and renovations to the Mirik-Farnsworth building. The project calls for a total of 180 luxury apartments.”

https://www.bldup.com/posts/permits-issued-for-weston-multifamily-project

Hmm, that actually doesn't look half bad for Weston. Shades of suburban London crescent (in form, at least). Or, closer to home, somewhere like Mt. Bowdoin Green or Wellesley Park in Dot.

...Too bad its in the middle of the damn woods, so it's just one of those developments that combines the worst part of urban living (less space) with the worst part of suburban living (the autocentric isolation).