Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Residents spoke out against the proposed development at Hancock Village at the Selectmen’s meeting on Tuesday evening.
Residents spoke out against the proposition from Chestnut Hill Realty to develop a 40B project at Hancock Village. The development would consist of 271 rental units with 55 units for low-income residents with a driveway at the end of Ashville Road and access from Independence Drive. A repeated concern from the large crowd was the issue of school capacity. “We have been adding classrooms at a rate of 30 per year,” Chairwoman Betsy Dewitt said. “We have zero capacity in our schools.” “We don’t have open land, farms or fields or old industrial complexes where we could put new schools and we are already trying to cope with the explosion of school aged children today,” Selectman Nancy Daly said. “Doubling the student population would be a …
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Affordable units would be rented to families making half of the median income in the Boston area, bringing the town nearly halfway to its affordable housing goal.
Chestnut Hill Realty (CHR), developers at the Hancock Village neighborhood filed new plans in August to build 271 new rental units to Brookline between 11 three-story buildings and one 5-story building containing 145 apartments. "This new housing will go a long way towards the Town's goal of creating new affordable housing. Also since there is so little land available for housing in Brookline, using some of the extra land at Hancock Village for additional housing is an example of Smart Growth," said CHR president Edward Zucker in an Aug. 10 press release. Of those 271 units, 55 units will be considered affordable housing, making the project eligible for Chapter 40B of the State's Affordable Housing Zoning Law. A provision of this law …
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Town retains two lawyers from Boston firm Krokidas and Bluestein to advise officials about Chestnut Hill Realty's 40B proposal in Hancock Village.
The complexities of Chapter 40B planning, specifically in Brookline's Hancock Village, will be handled by experts. Selectmen voted unanimously last night to retain two lawyers from Boston law firm Krokidas and Bluestein. They also had a number of questions for attorneys Kathy Murphy and Sam Nagler, who outlined the next steps of the process. The town will receive a letter from MassDevelopment, one of the state's financial and development authorities, with their findings regarding the project. After which the town has a 30 day comment period to state its case. "You are encouraged to involve all town boards and the public in responding to that letter." Murphy told the board the comment period is "also the opportunity to comment on the …
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
With Brookline's first Neighborhood Conservation District formed, a developer has filed a new plan with Chapter 40B Affordable Housing.
A long-discussed Hancock Village development has new plans to bring 271 new homes to the neighborhood--some of them affordable. Town Administrator Mel Kleckner updated the Board of Selectmen, at last night's meeting, on a new Chapter 40B plan filed by developer Chestnut Hill Realty (CHR). Kleckner said that 145 of the 271 units in the plan are in a single five-story building, the remaining units divided up among 11 three-story buildings. Chapter 40B allows developers to bypass certain aspects of zoning law if they create some affordable housing units, which count toward the town's 10 percent quota. Brookline currently stands at eight percent, officials say. "Given the proposals and neighbor objections, this did not come as a suprise to …
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Bill Davidson
6:12 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
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