by Chuck Tanowitz | Nov 13, 2017 | Affordable housing, N-Squared Innovation District, Wells Ave, zoning |
The Supreme Judicial Court today sided with the City of Newton, ruling against Cabot, Cabot & Forbes that it can prevent housing from going up on 135 Wells Avenue. Universal Hub has all the details, as does Mass Lawyers Weekly (subscription required) but the...
by Greg Reibman | Jul 18, 2017 | Wells Ave
While Cabot Cabot and Forbes is still waiting for a Supreme Judicial Court ruling on whether or not it lift a deed restriction to build a 40B project at 135 Wells Ave., the TAB’s Laura Lovett is reporting that the developer has put the property on the market. I...
by Greg Reibman | Apr 3, 2017 | Newton, Wells Ave |
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will consider whether or not the state’s 40B affordable housing laws trump the Wells Ave. deed restriction this week.If the city loses, developer Jay Daugherty could move forward with plans to build workforce housing at 135 Wells Ave., and “infuse new life into a tired office park.”
by village14 | Mar 3, 2016 | Wells Ave |
Cabot Cabot & Forbes’ Jay Doherty tells the TAB’s Jonathan Dame that the city has not responded to his settlement over the right to build a 334-unit workforce/affordable housing project in the Wells Avenue office park. “It’s clear there is no... by Greg Reibman | Feb 15, 2016 | Newton |
The Newton City Council will consider an offer Tuesday to settle a dispute over the 334-unit affordable/workforce housing complex at Wells Ave., Jonathan Dame of the Newton TAB reports. [Cabot, Cabot & Forbe’s] offer includes $1 million to reconstruct the... by Greg Reibman | Dec 17, 2015 | Newton |
Remember that dispute between the city and a developer who wanted to build a 40B project at 135 Wells Ave? Basically the city claimed that a deed restriction at the park trumped the 40B rules. And now the Housing Appeals Committee has just ruled in the city’s... by Village 14 | Mar 24, 2015 | Wells Ave |
The developer whose permit to build a four-story, mixed-use, 334-unit rental apartment complex at 135 Wells Ave. was denied by Aldermen and could be headed for litigation is offering $3 million in incentives to move forward with the project, The TAB’s Jim... by Greg Reibman | Dec 23, 2014 | Wells Ave |
In a column in today’s Boston Globe, Paul McMorrow, offers a perspective of the proposed 40B project at 135 Wells Ave. I believe too many aldermen failed to see when they rejected the proposal earlier this fall. And that is this was a very different project from all... by Village 14 | Nov 9, 2014 | Wells Ave |
Newton aldermen are considering whether to lift a deed restriction and allow construction of a six-story, 334-unit apartment complex at Wells Avenue Office Park, the Globe’s Ellen Ishkanian reports. And here’s The TAB”s Jim Morrison’s... by Greg Reibman | Jun 24, 2014 | Austin Street, development, Wells Ave |
Between Turtle Lane, Rowe Street , the medical marijuana dispensary and a discussion last night about tear-downs, this has already been a big month for meetings, debates and teeth grinding about development projects in Newton. But wait, there’s more this week!...