| Newton MA News and Politics BlogMayor Setti Warren and Austin Street Partners are scheduled to sign the ground lease Friday morning,  allowing — at long last — the project at Austin Street to go forward.

This project will include 68 rental apartments — one third of which will be affordable — plus retail and restaurant space, a plaza and over 120 spaces for public parking.

Fridays’ signing ceremony at 8:15 a.m. at the Austin Street parking lot is open to the public.