March 2020 Article about Mugar Site
The Belmont Citizens Forum newsletter of March/April 2020 contained a three page report on Mugar Site. The article, by Meg Muckenhoupt is entitled Arlington Group Opposes Mugar Site Plans. You may view a pdf copy of the article here.
February 2020 Article by Mugar Site Developer
Mugar site developer urges plan that works for all Gwendolen G. Noyes Wednesday, 26 February 2020 Published by Your Arlington The following opinion was written by Gwendolen G. Noyes, founder and senior vice president of marketing for Oaktree Development, the company that seeks to build Thorndike Place…
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January 2020 Update on Mugar Development Hearings
At its December 10, 2019 meeting, the Zoning Board of Appeals heard from representatives of Arlington Land Realty, the developer of the proposed 40B housing project to be located on the Mugar land in East Arlington, and from several abutters and other members of the…
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December 2019: Mugar Development Hearing Begins
Zoning Board of AppealsTuesday December 10th at 7:45pmLyons Hearing Room, Town Hall Second Floor Oaktree Development will appear before the Zoning Board of Appeals to begin the public hearing process on its proposal to build a 291-unit housing project in East Arlington. The meeting is…
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October 2019 Update on the Mugar Parcel
State agency rules against Arlington on 40B “Safe Harbor.”
Mugar hearing resumption postponed at developer’s request.
The state’s Housing Appeals Committee (HAC), in a decision that is disappointing but not surprising given HAC’s longstanding bias against local control, ruled this week that Arlington has not achieved a target that would have strengthened the Town’s hand […]
December 2018 Mugar Update
https://youtu.be/1QyLmZv1hAs December 2018 Update Hearing held and decision awaited on 40B dispute Does affordable housing occupy at least 1.5% of the land area in Arlington? That seemingly arcane question was debated in November at a long-delayed hearing before the state’s Housing Appeals Committee (HAC), whose…