The project, which actually broke ground in June, is slated to revitalize convert a sprawling 14 acres of land along Western Avenue into a mix of housing, commercial, hotel and lab spaces.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joined several others in symbolically breaking ground at a mixed-use development in Allston
City officials and developers grabbed silver shovels and took part in a ceremonial groundbreaking Wednesday to celebrate Harvard University’s new Enterprise Research Campus in Allston., is slated to convert the sprawling 14 acres of pavement along Western Avenue into a mix of housing, commercial, hotel and lab spaces.About a quarter of the 343 residential units will be set aside as affordable housing, almost double the requirement under the city's inclusionary development policy.
“That will allow people from a breadth of socioeconomic backgrounds to participate in this neighborhood in a way that’s really different from every other project,” said Harvard Allston Land Company CEO Carl Rodrigues.with the Boston Planning and Development Agency, the project's investors include “150 Black and Latinx individuals into the project’s ownership,” a commitment worth roughly $30 million.
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