Woburn infill and small developments

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Woburn heights u/c

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=630763862202256&set=a.489017733043537&type=3&mibextid=SDPelY

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...et=gm.6160641420660538&type=3&mibextid=SDPelY

“J Woburn Heights, a 168-unit multi-family garden style development in Woburn, Massachusetts. The community is located on a hilltop in a wooded enclave offering sweeping vista views.

The top-of-the-line amenity package includes a clubhouse, resident lounge with fireplace, resort-style swimming pool, outdoor kitchen with grilling stations and bar, outdoor fire pit lounge, leading edge fitness center, yoga studio, outdoor fitness area, pet spa, package room, electric vehicle charging stations, bike storage and resident storage.

The units will feature high quality finishes including stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, white subway tile backsplash, two-toned shaker cabinets in white and grey, kitchen islands, sleek plank flooring, washer/dryer, and private balconies in every home. The unit mix includes, one bedroom, one bedroom with den, and two-bedroom floorplans with a spacious 1,025 average square footage.

Situated in one of Greater Boston’s most convenient suburbs, the development offers easy access to the Route 128 employment corridor and I-93, and at only 9 minutes to the Anderson Regional Transit Center, residents have access to commuter rail, Amtrak and Logan Airport express bus service to Boston and beyond. The community is also minutes away from Burlington and Lynnfield which offer some of the largest retail centers and lifestyle amenities in Metro North.”

https://jwoburnheightsapartments.com/

Delaney at the Vale u/c

“In conjunction with the redevelopment of the former Kraft Atlantic Gelatin Facility, LCS Development has proposed a 223 senior housing development, The Delaney at The Vale on a 9.4-acre site located at the southern end of the property. The project would offer a mix of independent and assisted living along with memory care units in 3 connected buildings. A walking path around the community will be included for resident use along with on-site parking for 193 vehicles.”

https://seniorshousingbusiness.com/...-delaney-at-the-vale-in-woburn-massachusetts/

https://www.bldup.com/posts/senior-housing-development-under-review-at-the-vale-in-woburn

 

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Ouch… blasting a flat site out of the hill leads to a cliff boxing in two sides of the buildings.

 

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316 New Boston Street

Proposed 445-Unit Development Under Review in Woburn

“Fairfield Residential has proposed a 3-building, 445-unit multifamily development next to the site of the future New Boston Street bridge that will connect North Woburn to the Anderson Transportation Center.

Building 1 will contain 5 stories and 93,700 SF with 309 units, building 2 will feature 4 stories, 29,000 SF, and 86 units, and building 3 will feature 4 stories, 17,500 SF, and 50 units. The project also includes a 5-story parking garage featuring 550 parking spaces as well as private garages and surface parking for a total of 792 spaces. The project is currently under official review.”

https://www.bldup.com/posts/woburn-city-council-to-review-proposed-445-unit-development

Zero New Boston st

“Located just north of Boston in Woburn Massachusetts, Zero New Boston is a transit orientated development that will be directly adjacent to the Anderson Regional Transportation Center. The 7-story multifamily project will include 250 apartment units, 364 garaged parking spaces, and 1,200 square feet of retail. Zero New Boston will provide easy access to the commuter rail and is located near local shops, restaurants, and major highways. In addition to excellent indoor and outdoor amenity spaces, hybrid working spaces are thoughtfully integrated into the design of the building and the apartments. The project will redevelop underutilized land and will benefit from the completion of the New Boston Street Bridge Project. The special permit application was approved by the city in December 2021 and the design team is currently working on the construction documents.”

https://www.woburnma.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2020-06-30-Zero-New-Boston-CPR-Narrative.pdf

216 New Boston st

“Cabot, Cabot & Forbes files plans for 300,000+ SF Life Sciences Campus in Woburn. 216 New Boston to join an emerging life sciences cluster north of Boston, at the intersection of key transit networks.”

“WOBURN – Cabot, Cabot & Forbes, a leader in Greater Boston-area real estate development, has filed plans for a 14-acre multi-building life sciences campus in Woburn. The project is called "216 New Boston" and will include a 175,000 SF multi-story lab and office building as well as a 135,000 SF purpose-built manufacturing facility intended for biomanufacturing and Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), a standard of pharmaceutical development that industry experts increasingly view as a growing need in the suburban life science market. Cushman & Wakefield represents the Project for all life sciences tenant leasing.”

http://homenewshere.com/daily_times...cle_34849e8c-0c26-11ed-b785-23fc05beb7dc.html

https://ccfne.com/300k-sf-life-science-complex-would-replace-woburn-industrial-cluster/

 

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Bridge project to link both sides of street grid at commuter rail station allowing transit oriented development to fill in the area around the station.

NEW BOSTON STREET BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY

“After years of planning, construction has begun on the new bridge that will connect two sections of New Boston Street. Currently, the two sections of New Boston Street are separated by train tracks. The new bridge will make a much needed connection to improve traffic flow and pedestrian access in the area. The City funded the design work for the Bridge. The $28 million to construct the bridge is being funded through Federal and State funding. Construction of the Bridge began in Spring 2022 and is expected to be completed in 2025.”


“Project Goals:

• Traffic Options
  • increasing alternative route options, improved local connectivity
• Deficient Bike and Ped Accommodations
  • Project will incorporate Complete Streets and Healthy Transportation goals (lane and shoulder widths, sidewalks)
• Lack of Access to Anderson RTC
  • Bridge will provide future access to the Regional Transit Center from New Boston Street
• Safety
  • Discourage unauthorized as-grade crossings across MBTA Right of Way
• Environment
  • Improvements to stormwater quality”

Project page
https://www.woburnma.gov/news/2023/03/new-boston-street-bridge-construction-underway/

Project presentation
https://www.woburnma.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/MassDOT_Highway_2016_final20slides-3.pdf

100% project
https://www.woburnma.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/001_604996_100-Design-Plans-Full-Set.pdf

 

[W-4]

allowing transit oriented development to fill in the area around the station

Let's hope the TOD actually materializes. Has Woburn actually zoned the area for it?

 

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Interesting that the New Boston St bridge has accommodations for the NE Resins spur, but the proposed 316 New Boston St is removing the need for that. Maybe they will offer “Upstairs at the Commuter Rail” as a perk…

 

[Vagabond]

For anybody else confused about where this is... it's the North side of Anderson, and YES, it is connecting to the parking lot.

 

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Let's hope the TOD actually materializes. Has Woburn actually zoned the area for it?

The new boston street projects above are tod.

 

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J Woburn heights now leasing

https://jeffersonapartmentgroup.com/property/j-woburn-heights/

 

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Station 316 wrapping up construction

Renders

“Tucked away in Woburn, MA, Station 316 Apartments was designed to feel like a private oasis outside the hustle and bustle of Boston city life while keeping convenient access to nearby Woburn Village, Burlington Mall, and Lynnfield Market Street. Each of our studio, 1, 2, and 3 bedroom apartments features designer interiors with stainless steel appliances and the convenience of in-home laundry. Indoor and outdoor community spaces extend life beyond your front door with plush amenities like four distinct courtyards with games, picnic areas, BBQ grills, and lush landscaping. Our state-of-the-art fitness center has a roll-up door to connect indoor and outdoor workout spaces for exceptional versatility. No matter where you are around our community, a memorable moment awaits.”

https://www.fairfieldresidential.com/station316

 

[KCasiglio]

Hi! Do you ever use THIS INTERSECTION next the Anderson/Woburn T station? I'm working on an study that will recommend improvements. Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts about the intersection in our SURVEY. I'm also happy to take any more detailed feedback you'd like to share it here or in my DMs.

 

[gac108]

Hi! Do you ever use THIS INTERSECTION next the Anderson/Woburn T station? I'm working on an study that will recommend improvements. Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts about the intersection in our SURVEY. I'm also happy to take any more detailed feedback you'd like to share it here or in my DMs.

This intersection is normally quite ok, and I travel through here several times per week as I live in Woburn, shop at the stores around there, and get on 93 north sometimes there. The intersections before it on Commerce Way are far worse, especially down by Market Basket. That one should've been fixed when they redid the mall into Woburn Village, but it is the same and now even worse because of higher volume of traffic. Having the pedestrian crosswalk into Market Basket so close to the main entrance was the dumbest idea ever and was so for decades before. The main entrance should be behind MB and you turn left from there to go to MB or have the option to continue past and cut through the plaza down behind TJMaxx or whatever is down there. Just one user's idea and I'm not an engineer, so I'm sure there are even better options. There are other dangerous crossings going up Commerce due to people having to dart across one lane, stop in the middle where the canal thing is, then try to quickly merge in. The same for the huge tractor trailers pulling in and out that don't have enough space and end up blocking traffic. That whole corridor is a shit show and the intersection you're surveying about is the probably the smoothest and least troublesome of all of them.

 

[Stlin]

Hi! Do you ever use THIS INTERSECTION next the Anderson/Woburn T station? I'm working on an study that will recommend improvements. Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts about the intersection in our SURVEY. I'm also happy to take any more detailed feedback you'd like to share it here or in my DMs.

I realize you're probably looking at this intersection in isolation, but I personally think you might need/want a more holistic study of Highway access in this area. Leaving aside the success or failure of TOD at Anderson, its a very highway oriented space. Specifically, Commerce is functionally connected at both ends by connections to two different interstates (93/95), yet the geometry at Atlantic is far superior to that at Mishawum, especially with the weave induced by the proximity to the actual interchange on 95.

What I'm trying to get at is, is exit 54 off of 95 necessary, or is the Atlantic one sufficient? Would it be desirable to eliminate it, in exchange for the capacity at Atlantic? Would capacity improvements elsewhere induce demand there anyways, such as the new New Boston Road bridge and future connection to Atlantic causing a diversion in industrial traffic? Etc, etc. As part of that, I'd be curious to know what percent of current traffic on commerce is actually trying to avoid highway congestion, and are therefore diverting off through the intersection at question; I know it's been an occasional suggested routing for me.

 

[KCasiglio]

Having just completed the collision diagram, I'm in agreement that the intersection is mostly fine and operates smoothly...with one massive, glaring exception that caused the numbers to rack up and score well in the MPO's selection process.

Consistently, people travelling north through the intersection from Commerce to Presidential are thinking they have a green light because of the green right arrows, leading to no fewer than 40 angle crashes in the past 5 years, many full on T-bones, with people who are coming off the highway ramps. 25 of these resulted in injury. Consequently, the intersection is in MassDOT's top 100 high crash intersections list.

The problem appears to be two-fold: the lights are poorly aligned with the corresponding lanes, which is exacerbated by the fact that there is only one through lane on the northbound approach, but two through lanes on the other side of the intersection, making it appear as though the second-from-the-right lane, which is right only, can be used as a through lane.

 

[Banker & Tradesman]

Woburn Transit Hub Offered for Development, with Housing Limits

State real estate officials are seeking developers’ pitches for a transit-oriented project at the MBTA’s Anderson station in Woburn.

bankerandtradesman.com

The MBTA is offering its 26-acre park-and-ride property (including 17 acres of surface parking) next to the Woburn Anderson commuter rail up for development.

The catch is, the site's heavily contaminated, so that makes housing a remote possibility.

Developers are encouraged to include their assessment of the site’s potential, market demand, transportation needs and the site’s “unique environmental characteristics.” The property at 100 Atlantic Ave. was declared a Superfund site because of environmental contamination related to past chemical manufacturing, and federal regulations would currently prohibit housing on the site.

The offering suggests that some of the parking spots could be replaced with a multi-story garage, with the possibility that up to 3,700 parking spaces could be required for passengers of the transit services in the future.