Brookline Infrastructure Updates 2024
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A developer planned to build a modern six story apartment building in Coolidge Corner at the intersection of Harvard Street & Thorndike Street. However in a letter sent on July 8, Oak Hill’s managing member Ashkan Sanieoff told state officials the company would withdraw the application for a 40b, and instead will develop plans for a smaller building that complies with the four-story zoning guidelines for Harvard Street. “excellent location for a mixed income housing development and retail and our team looks forward to working with the town and neighborhood to craft a project under the new zoning”. LINK HERE
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Route 9 near Dunster/Hammond RD to be extensively re-developed over the next few years: City Realty Group buys office space for $41 Million– “Currently, the area’s zoning allows for a medley of office, mixed use, retail, health and fitness, parking lots and residential”. LINK HERE
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“Developer planning 96 unit apartment building on Hammond Street”. LINK HERE
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Town meeting votes to ease restrictions on ADUs (also known as inlaw apartments). They were legalized in 2019 in Brookline and now people can enlarge them and build them quicker. One major change from Blood’s original proposal was the Town Meeting approved version would only allow “owner-occupants,” who live on their property to build ADUs, barring investors (or “absentee landlords”) from building the units. LINK HERE
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Brookline–BHA breaks ground on new 115-unit affordable housing project on Marion Street. LINK HERE
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Property tax hike set to hit single-family homeowners hardest next year. LINK HERE
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MBTA paints the street red as long awaited bus lanes arrive near Brookline Village “The 66, which runs from Nubian Square in Roxbury to Harvard University in Cambridge, is one of the MBTA’s most-used routes. Combined, the three carry nearly 15,000 riders a day”. LINK HERE
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“Town plans to narrow lanes on Lee and Clyde Streets to slow traffic, protect bicyclists”. LINK HERE
Education:
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Brookline – PIERCE SCHOOL RENOVATION – New fossil fuel free renovation. LINK HERE
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Brookline–Heath Elementary school parents push back against increased classroom sizes. LINK HERE
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Brookline–Budget cuts for “world language” classes in BPS for K-5 students, anger select parents and educators. LINK HERE
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Brookline–Former Maimonaides elementary school selling building–currently listed by Newmark. LINK HERE
