Housing Headlines

REVERE --- The future Wonderland Transit Oriented Development (TOD) is getting the hurry up this month, as developer Joe DiGangi and Mayor Tom Ambrosino are pushing to start the residential phase and have 195 apartments built and ready to be leased by April, 2013.

CAMBRIDGE --- Concerned residents at Craigie Arms have reason to be hopeful after local non-profit Homeowners Rehab, Inc., confirmed it has reached an initial agreement to purchase the 50-unit affordable housing building and maintain its affordability.

LEOMINSTER --- The executive director of the Leominster Housing Authority says that the market for rental housing is beginning to tighten up again.

ARLINGTON --- The Housing Corporation of Arlington is set to begin the renovation of three apartment buildings on Massachusetts Avenue. After renovation, the buildings will consist of six studio apartments, 17 one-bedroom apartments, and nine two-bedroom apartments for a total of 32 affordable rental units. The $9 million project is being funded through a mix of private and public funding with about 10 percent of funding coming from federal Community Development Block Grants (CDBG).

DORCHESTER --- In the wake of a shooting that led police investigators to a rundown propetry with prior complaints, the City of Boston intends to begin directing owners of properties that have been responsible for eight or more police calls in the past year to take steps toward solving the problems by warning or evicting the troublemakers.

WALPOLE --- Two months after town meeting rejected a proposal to buy the Walpole Woodworkers commercial propety so as to have control over its development, a Texas-based company has an agreement to buy the 16-acre property and plans to use a comprehensive permit (40B) to build 250 apartments.