3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (274+ words) ISO New England, the nonprofit that runs the six-state electric grid and its wholesale power markets, is moving ahead with a $60 million expansion of its main campus in Holyoke. The grid operator, which currently employs around 850 workers and consultants, plans…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (216+ words) Swampscott has fallen below that 10% threshold. That gap is what allowed WinnDevelopment to pursue the comprehensive permitting process despite local opposition over building height and neighborhood density. The affordability pressure behind that math is stark. A local housing production study…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (273+ words) The building was designed by The Architectural Team to Passive House energy-efficiency standards with all-electric systems. The unit mix breaks down into 54 studio apartments, 18 one-bedrooms, and 54 two-bedrooms, per the architecture firm's project details. Tenant selection for the building follows MassHousing…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (146+ words) In 1836, that prison gave way to a courthouse, which became a landmark anti-slavery site in 1851 when abolitionists stormed the building to rescue escaped slave Shadrach Minkins. The courthouse was replaced by the present building in 1912. The site also has a…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (437+ words) Two affordable housing developments in Cambridge were among 29 projects awarded a share of $278 million in state and federal financing and tax credits announced by Gov. Maura T. Healey ’92 last week. The funding, announced Sept. 3, was awarded through the Executive Office of…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (96+ words) Jonathan Gulliver said MassDOT has been working with advocacy groups to meet everyone's needs throughout the design process, according to the same account. That collaborative framing echoes the years of community input that shaped the park restoration elements layered into…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (482+ words) Holyoke's City Council voted to transfer city land for $1, boosting Way Finders' plan for 115 affordable units on Newton Street....

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (161+ words) The 1.2-acre former campus of Franklin Cummings Tech at 41 Berkeley Street in Boston's South End is now being pitched for rental apartments, a sharp turn from the senior care facility once planned for the site. Developer Related Beal is looking…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (894+ words) LOWELL — Markley Group LLC scored another win in its efforts to reshape the city of Lowell, when the Planning Board approved definitive subdivision plans for the data center’s newly acquired and existing property in the city. The land-use body did…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (353+ words) A third-floor walk-up unit isn’t just “the same move, but higher up.” Every single item – every box, every piece of furniture, every appliance – has to go up three flights of narrow stairs by hand, because there’s no elevator to shortcut…...