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When Boston Private wanted to present board members and clients with artwork several years ago, they turned to Art in Giving, co-founded by Eliane Markoff. The nonprofit raises money for pediatric cancer research.
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A development team’s proposal for the MassDOT parcel 25 would respond to the red-hot market for life science space in Boston with MassDOT’s goals for affordability and inclusion.
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328 Two proposals would bring 328 affordable units to Chinatown. See Steve Adams’ story on this page. Source: MassDOT and ACDC
24 The number of units in a Littleton cohousing community. See Jay Fitzgerald’s story on page B1. Source: Hager Homestead
309,300 square feet The amount of lab space in a proposed Chinatown tower. See Steve Adams’ story on this page. Source: MassDOT
The Hager Homestead cohousing development is for ages 55 and up. See Jay Fitzgerald’s story on page B1. Source: Hager Homestead
18,714 square feet The size of a city-owned parcel in Chinatown that could become available for development. See Steve Adams’ story on this page. Source: BPDA
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Multipronged Approach to Housing Affordability
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The cheapest unit in a Littleton cohousing development. See Jay Fitzgerald’s story on page B1. Source: Hager Homestead
oston Chinatown’s working-class housing stock eroded over the decades amid encroachment from highway projects and the development of Tufts Medical Center and luxury apartment and condo towers. Now, a pair of proposals would generate a combined 328 affordable apartments and
14 The number of units in a building ACDC bought after a bidding war. See Steve Adams’ story on this page. Source: ACDC
5,000 The size of the common area in a Malden cohousing development. See Jay Fitzgerald’s story on page B1. Source: Bay State Common
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condominiums, as state and local officials seek to address the affordable housing crisis through surplus property dispositions. On a parallel path, two community organizations are pursuing acquisitions of rowhouses and apartment buildings to preserve remnants of affordability. Asian Community Development Corp. is proposing 110 income-restricted condos on a parking lot off Hudson Street, in a project that would also reestablish the neighborhood’s first library branch since the 1950s. ACDC previously completed a 51-unit affordable condo project at 88 Hudson St. in 2017.
“It was precisely because of the success of that project that people in the neighborhood wanted to see more affordable condo opportunities,” said Angie Liou, executive director of the CDC. “Any sort of [housing cost] relief that we heard about during the pandemic was really temporary.” A partnership of two New York developers, Peebles Corp. and Genesis Cos., proposes another 84 affordable apartments as part of a mixed-use development on a former Big Dig parcel owned by Massachusetts Department of Transportation.
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MOVING PIECES
But Analysts Argue Slowdown Will Keep Market Going
Prospect of a Rapid Increase Worries Some
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