Newton housing plan would bring 7 new developments to the city
In an effort to “provide diverse housing options” and “preserve the characteristics and values Newton has embodied,” Mayor Setti Warren has unveiled a plan to add seven mixed-use developments to the city, according to The Boston Globe.
The plan follows in the footsteps of the 68-unit housing and retail complex in Newtonville that was approved in December 2015.
In a meeting with the Globe, Warren expanded about the goals for the seven potential mixed-use developments:
“The locations include a parcel on Needham Street; the Newton Centre “triangle lot” between Langley and Beacon streets; a parking lot on Richardson Street; 60 to 70 units where a no-longer used water tower now stands near the Golda Meir House; eight units on Crescent Street; 32 units at Jackson Gardens on John F. Kennedy Circle; and the 171-units proposed for Washington Place in Newtonville.”
“This is a recognition that the city is changing, and it’s an attempt to preserve what we love about Newton, while giving people of all backgrounds an opportunity to live here,” Warren told the Globe. “It would all be in jeopardy if we do nothing.”
Read the full Boston Globe story here.
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