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...July 2009, the latest draft of the plan was submitted to the Boston Redevelopment Authority, which oversees the city’s development projects. Over half a decade had passed since the land swap idea was first introduced...
...allowed planners to reduce the total number of units on the site while increasing the number of actual buildings, replacing several larger, multi-unit buildings with smaller structures. Jacques says the development’s height and density, which had been one of the main concerns in the original plan, will now be comparable to those of its surrounding neighborhood...
...Although the market rate units will be somewhat separated from the subsidized residences, Fainstein says that the general level of integration included in the plan is probably sufficient. “Really mixing” the different types of residences, she says, may pose a marketing challenge for the more expensive units...
...residential transformation at the heart of the local neighborhood, remains critically flawed. But even more disconcerting is the slender time frame they have to address their qualms: The community review process is slated to end in October—only three months after the Community Builders presented their revised plan. So far, only one public discussion has been dedicated to examining the plan...
...Shumaker, the BRA spokeswoman, says that the revised plan does address a number of the previous concerns, but notes that a third and final revision cycle is a possibility if the plan is not approved. Only after the public review process concludes, she says, will City planners know if the changes are adequate...