June
14
2010
HYANNIS --- Two days after surprising a downtown organization audience with news that his board had voted not to cut back on homeless shelter beds until the need is reduced, the head of the housing agency that runs the 60-bed facility said the shelter has been used as a scapegoat for Hyannis' problems.
June
11
2010
GREAT BARRINGTON --- RiverSchool Development LLC recently announced that they will soon launch a $19 million redevelopment project to convert the former Searles-Bryant school facility into a mixed-use development comprised of office, living, and retail spaces. The developers plan to construct 40 condominium units, with 16 units designated as affordable.
June
11
2010
HYANNIS --- Despite urgings from the police chief and a state senator to close or reduce beds at a Hyannis homeless shelter, Housing Assistance Corp. Executive Director Ric Presbrey told a downtown organization that his board has voted not to reduce the number of beds unless the need for homeless shelter beds lessens.
June
11
2010
SPRINGFIELD - The city's latest auction of tax title properties resulted in the sale of 34 houses, buildings and lots and generated $253,890 in revenue. The salesranged from a house on Commonwealth Avenue that sold for the top price at $67,200, to small lots on Colonial Avenue and Northampton Avenue that sold for $105 each.
June
11
2010
WESTPORT --- Town Meeting passed over an article proposing to end the Community Preservation Act tax surcharge and later amended their 2005 inclusionary zoning bylaw to give developers who build more than 10 units the option to give cash or land to the town in lieu of including affordable units in their development.
June
9
2010
LYNN --- A local developer who had originally planned to build 156 condominiums and then adjusted into an rent-to-own scenario when the real estate market slumped has now put his project on hold and has withdrawn his request to seek a special permit from the city council.