$2.6 Million in Brownfields Awards Announced
On January 23, Governor Baker announced over $2.6 million in Brownfields Redevelopment Fund awards to support the environmental assessment and cleanup of 16 contaminated and challenging sites across the Commonwealth. Once complete, the 16 projects are projected to redevelop 44.3 acres, create or preserve 682 housing units, and provide 1,625 full-time, part-time, and construction jobs.
MassDevelopment oversees the Brownfields Redevelopment Fund, which helps to transform vacant, abandoned, or underused industrial or commercial properties by financing the environmental assessment and remediation of brownfield sites in “Economically Distressed Areas” of the Commonwealth. Since the Fund’s inception in 1998, it has supported 743 awards for a total investment of more than $107 million.
For the Governor's press release from the announcement, click here.
Awardees
25 Amory and 250 Centre Street, Boston, $250,000
Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation, a member of Jackson Square Partners LLC, will use funds to remediate the Jackson Square Redevelopment Initiative Site III, which will host two housing developments creating 154 mixed-income housing units, 88 of which will be affordable.
137 Amory Street, Boston, $27,000
Urban Edge Housing Corporation will use funds to assess this site in advance of the construction of its Holtzer Park project, a 62-unit affordable housing development.
10, 22, 32 Bowdoin Street, Boston, $500,000
Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation will use funds to assess and remediate three contiguous parcels of land, allowing for the development of Four Corners Plaza, a proposed 35-unit affordable housing development.
191 & 195 Bowdoin Street, Boston, $315,000
Viet-AID will use funds to remediate this site in advance of building 41 affordable housing units.
599, 609-627 Columbus Avenue, Boston, $500,000
Fenway Community Development Corporation will use funds to assess and remediate the Newcastle Saranac Apartments, part of the organization’s plan to preserve the complex’s 97 affordable housing units.
Amory Street Parcel, Boston, $220,100
The City of Boston Department of Neighborhood Development will use funds to assess and remediate this .075-acre parcel, which has the potential to be assembled into an adjacent affordable housing development.
62 Academy Street, Fitchburg, $20,000
62 Academy Street, Inc., an affiliate of NewVue Affordable Housing Corporation, will use funds to remediate the former B.F. Brown School in advance of the planned development of 62 units of mixed-income artist live/work units that will be known as the Fitchburg Arts Community.
80 Lunenburg Street, Fitchburg, $67,000
The City will use funds to remediate this vacant 1.3-acre lot near downtown Fitchburg, as it continues to market the site for a mixed-use commercial redevelopment.
246-248 Central Street, Gardner, $19,148
NewVue Affordable Housing Corporation will use funds to remediate this site, which will then be redeveloped into a veterans’ housing and outreach center.
206 Main & 5 Elm Streets, Gloucester, $150,000
The North Shore Community Development Coalition (CDC) will use funds to assess and remediate the site of the former Cameron’s Restaurant. The North Shore CDC together with Action, Inc. have proposed a new, four-story building with 30 affordable housing units and 2,500 square feet of ground-floor retail space.
8 & 10 Maple Street, Kingston, $52,028
The Town will use funds to assess contamination from the former Hergot Oil site to improve its marketability to the private sector for a senior housing development.
207 Marston Street, Lawrence, $250,000
The City will use funds to remediate the 11.3-acre former Tombarello junkyard, with the goal of creating a site that could support a variety of development options including retail, commercial, and light industrial uses.
262 Broadway, North Attleborough, $81,000
The Town will use funds to assess this 1.64-acre privately owned site, which contains the 40,000-square-foot, partially collapsed Webster Mill, a former silver plating facility. Re-use of this site, located at the edge of downtown, will be targeted to include an affordable housing development.
47 Elm Street, Norton, $100,000
The Town will use funds to assess the 16.25-acre former Reed & Barton site, which has been vacant since 2007. Re-use of this site will be targeted to accommodate a mixed-use development.
3280 County Street, Somerset, $45,000
The Town will use funds to assess this former gas station prior to seeking commercial or industrial redevelopment of the site.
12 North Main Street, Westford, $64,500
The Town will use funds to assess this 1.5-acre site, which contains an historic, 32,000-square-foot mill building formerly home to Westford Anodizing. The Town seeks to preserve the mill building and incorporate its re-use into a future development plan.