Brownfield Site To Become Transit-Oriented Development

Vote nears on proposals to turn Somerville, MA, "wasteland" into "urban village."

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August 30, 2001, 8:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech


City officials in Somerville, Massachusetts, have offered up a nine-acre parcel located in a formerly industrial district for redevelopment with a rapid transit station, new open space, office space, housing, and street level retail space. Two development teams have responded with strong proposals for the site. City officials expect to make a decision next month on which team will be sold the parcel. "city officials - and even their critics - say the oval-shaped parcel along the Mystic River has the potential to transcend all that and give the city much-needed commercial tax revenue and, they hope, an MBTA stop along the Orange Line, which today passes through the area without even slowing down."

Thanks to Jeff Levine

Sunday, August 26, 2001 in The Boston Globe

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