Housing Headlines

BOSTON --- Developer George Wattendorf is seeking BRA permission to redevelop a surplus New England Baptist Hospital building on Parker Hill Ave. into a 46-unit apartment building with 29 parking spaces.

BOSTON --- The Madison Park Development Corp. and the Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH) have teamed up to submit a proposal to redevelop the 1950s-era Whittier Street public housing project in Roxbury into a mixed-use complex that would include hundreds of units of mixed-income housing and the state's Dept. of Transportation.

METHUEN --- In a sure sign that the residential home market is in full recovery, local developer Fred Fehey of Premier Property Group will seek a Ch. 40B permit from the town to build 123 homeownership units, 31 of which will be affordable.

BOSTON --- The Boston Redevelopment Authority recently approved five development proposals worth over $131 million. housing projects were approved for East Boston, Brighton, and South Boston, and a new hotel in the Charlestown Navy Yard also won approval.

NEWTON --- Cabot, Cabot and Forbes has offered the City of Newton over $2 million dollars to drop litigation against its plan to build a four-story, mixed-use 334-unit rental apartment complex at its office park on Wells Ave. near Rt. 128 and the Needham line. The CCF offer includes $1 million to redesign an intersection near the project and $1 million for the city to spend on affordable housing.

STOUGHTON --- In May, residents will be asked at town meeting to OK an amendment in the zoning laws that would allow Calmar Enterprises of Buffalo to build a 128-unit senior housing complex on land that is zoned mostly for commercial.