Washington Place to go before City Council for a vote Monday
The proposed mixed use development at Washington Place in Newtonville goes before the Newton City Council for a final vote this Monday June 19.
It will take 16 votes to move the project forward. You can read the latest from the TAB here and find specific details about the project from the developer here.
And you can share your own final thoughts about
Is a compromise possible at Washington Place?
Former Ward 2 At Large Alderman Marcia Johnson writes in a just-published TAB column….
Surprise! Within two short weeks of the Washington Place developer announcing he had lost faith in the city zoning and permitting process as a tool to create a thoughtful, mixed-use development on Washington Street, the neighbors are suddenly wringing their hands and trying to find a compromise.
Washington Place/Orr Block project to be built as 40B
The developer of the Washington Place project (aka the Orr Block) in Newtonville has just announced that they are withdrawing their proposal from the City Council and will instead re-design the project as a state administered 40B affordable housing project. Dear... Kouril Grieser: Apartments in the burbs are ‘reversing the American Dream’
I’m glad I wasn’t drinking a glass of milk this morning when I read Katheleen Kouril Grieser’s latest TAB column in opposition to the redevelopment of the Orr Block Building in Newtonville.
Because even in a year where political discourse has veered off into ugly directions, Kouril Grieser’s assertion that projects like the one businessman Robert Korff has proposed for the corner of Washington and Walnut Streets is “reversing the American Dream” is stunning.
If I understand Kouril Grieser’s position correctly (and, granted, she can be confusing) seniors, singles, young families, childless couples or anyone else who might believe an apartment in Newtonville close to transportation, a grocery store, a pharmacy, great restaurants, an arts center and other amenities would be a great place to live are — unbeknownst to them — “settling” for something less than the American Dream.
In addition, Kouril Grieser declares, those same misinformed apartment dwellers are ALSO “destroying the dreams of everyday Newton residents” who choose
Washington Place developer offers two design options
Jonathan Dame reports for Wicked Local Newton.
The developer looking to rebuild the Orr block in Newtonville Tuesday night presented city councilors and the public with two new design options for its proposed mixed-use project.
The developer has a preference – and councilors appeared to have one, too – but Damien Chaviano of Mark Investment Inc. said his firm would be happy to build either.
Next Washington Place project public hearing this Thursday
The next City Council Land Use Committee public hearing on the Washington Place project is this Thursday Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. At the last hearing on Sept. 13, the developer presented new details on affordability. In addition to 15 percent of units being affordable to... Washington Place developer meets with Land Use
Damien Chaviano, a principal for the developer of the Washington Place project (Orr Block) met with the City Council’s Land Use Committee this week. The TAB’s Jonathan Dame reports on what happened.
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