Brookview Village: Complete Coverage
Brookview Village will continue to be an important development far into the future; continue to check back here for the latest developments.
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The importance of the 225 unit "friendly 40B" affordable housing complex dubbed Brookview Village will continue as the discussion of conditions of its development and the long-term implications of it's approval continue to be discussed.
We will continue to gather information and compile it here as we update the situation with new stories. They will all be listed here with the latest developments first.
The Zoning Board of Appeals accepted $675,000 as the amount of money to be paid in mitigation by the Gutierrez Company for the "Brookview Village" apartment complex.
Where exactly is Brookview Village located? The information can be found in this story.
Brookview Village is not for "poor" people according to representatives for the developer.
The ZBA Chairman has said that it was time to vote and he would not have done things differently if he had known it was going to result in the resignation of two board members.
The ZBA decision prompted the resignation of the two members in opposition to the apartment complex.
The Zoning Board of Appeals approved the developments in a 3 to 2 vote, with conditions still yet to be established.
The financial impact of the development was laid out, with the margin of the benefit to the city being an estimated $186,000 annually.
City councilor's had previously questioned the speed at which the development's discussion was proceeding. City Councilor Joseph Delano said that the ZBA members had been heavily lobbied.
The ZBA had postponed a decision of the development as they looked for more information on the impact of the project.
The development itself had prompted City Councilor Matt Elder to mention the potential need for a new fire station at a council meeting.
A detailing of the numbers involved with the project was written about.
Both the Planning Board and Mayor Arthur Vigeant had voiced their support for the project.
The project prompted some ZBA members to call for a city planner.
The City Council voiced their concerns about the project.
The environment and safety were among the concerns for the complex.
arnold
9:47 am on Monday, December 10, 2012
"New fire station", "city planner" "heavily lobbied" ,initially proposed just five months ago, - no mention of need for added school capacity, or the staffing for the fire station or school. Better get a lot more info before getting saddled with this UN-needed "FRIENDLY" ? 40B project.
Concerned Mom
10:48 am on Monday, December 10, 2012
I don't buy the argument that we need more housing for Boston Scientific and TJX folks with those businesses coming to town...their current offices are only a couple of towns away. I highly doubt those employees who are transferring to these offices will be looking for rental property to live in.
Unless both of these businesses and Quest have huge plans for hiring for NEW positions and folks who would actually move the area and need to rent - I don't see the need.
If you want to build another apartment complex - then make sure a new school is built as well. Our elementary schools are all filled to capacity. Teachers are using former closets as rooms. To think families won't move into these apartments is short-sighted. More apartments will mean more people who can't buy a house in today's economy will come to the city because of the availability...thus bringing their family with them. Where are we going to school all of these children?
c17a3
2:11 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
Because there is no good reason for building this housing complex...school yard politics at play here. First look at the elected officials who came out for it before the zba voted and if you dig a little you will find out that some family member or friend has something to gain by it. It will be flipped to some REIT just like the Heights and 'eadows apartment complexs were...especially when their built next to supermarkets all by design folks.