Housing Headlines

BOURNE --- State and local leaders gathered recently to celebrate the start of construction for Canal Bluffs, Phase III. When completed, the third phase will bring the total amount of housing to this development to 117 mixed-income apartments. Phase III is being developed by the Housing Assistance Corp. of Cape Cod and Preservation of Affordable Housing.

BOSTON --- With the homeownership phase of the Asian CDC's efforts to restore a Chinatown neighborhood set to open in November, Executive Director Angie Liou told the Sampan Newspaper that over 1,600 entered the lottery to buy one of the 51 affordable condos at 88 Hudson St. The condo building - set to open in November - is going up next to the mixed-income rental apartments at 66 Hudson St., a neighborhood that was destroyed back in the 1950s and 1960s to make way for the Southeast Expressway.

FALL RIVER --- The development team of Tony Cordeiro, Larry Couto and Alan Macomber have reason to be happy as 90 of the 103 market-rate apartments at the renovated Quaker Mill have been leased up as of grand opening week, more than double what they expected. Developers say the new mixed-use waterfront development - which boasts a Jerry Remy Sports Bar, second floor offices and apartments on the top three floors - are attracting a mix of millennials and empty-nesters.

HAMILTON --- Enlisted by the town but thwarted by abutters, Harborlight Community Partners has made what's being termed a final development offer, proposing to develop 20 apartments for seniors on a Willow St. parcel and 40 apartments for families on a parcel near the regional high school, down from the 118 the nonprofit proposed for that site a year ago. Harborlight has site control over part of the latter site but said it would cede control by the end of the summer if the town declines to support a development there.

SOMERVILLE --- Demonstrating that keeping Somerville diverse and affordable isn't just about housing, the Somerville Community Corp.'s recent summer newsletter is primarily focused what it is doing to promote access to jobs to further help low- and moderate-income residents keep up with rising home prices and avoid displacement.

BOSTON --- In its ongoing mission to provide workshops on a wide range of topics related to affordable housing and the community development field, the Mel King Institute is sponsoring a 2 1/2 day training in September called "Undoing Racism." The workshop will focus on history, the structure of oppression, defining and sharing culture, and leadership development.