Tag: BPDA
BPDA to Promote Diversity and Inclusion
Boston – The Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) board has authorized the agency to make strategic investments that include hiring a director of diversity, equity, and inclusion and creating an Equity and Inclusion fund. “As the agency that plans and guides inclusive growth in our city, the BPDA has a unique opportunity to create […]
Rojas Elected BPDA Chair
Boston – The Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) board unanimously voted to elect Priscilla Rojas as board chair. She will be the first woman and Latina to hold the position. Appointed by Mayor Martin J. Walsh, Rojas has served on the BPDA board since 2015 and as interim chair since December 2019. “Through many […]
Virtual BPDA Meeting Approvals
Boston – Following its first ever virtual public hearing, the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) Board approved 1 Court Street Residence Hall as part of Suffolk University’s 2020 Institutional Master Plan. The project will renovate the existing structure to create an approximately 300 bed undergraduate dormitory building on the student housing goals outlined in […]
BPDA Approves New Boston Projects
Boston – The Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) board of directors approved development projects in neighborhoods across the city of Boston, which will result in new market-rate and income-restricted residential units, economic development, and jobs. Overall, the approved development projects will create an additional 286 residential units, including 49 income-restricted units, and 307 trade jobs, […]
BPDA Board Approves New Projects
Boston – The Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) board of directors approved development projects in neighborhoods across the city of Boston, which will result in new market-rate and income-restricted residential units, economic development, and jobs. Overall, the development projects approved this month will create an additional 85 residential units, including 45 income-restricted units, and […]
BPDA Board Approves Projects
Boston – The Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) Board of Directors approved development projects in June that will create an additional 324 residential units, including 39 income-restricted units, and 717 trade jobs, 572 direct jobs and 382 indirect and induced jobs. The Dock Square Garage project will add 200 residential units, including 27 income-restricted, […]
BPDA Board Advances Residential Developments
Boston – The Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) Board of Directors approved residential development projects in Chinatown, East Boston, Fenway, Roxbury, and Jamaica Plain, and a commercial project in East Boston. In total, the residential projects will create 472 residential units, including 111 income-restricted units. 41 LaGrange Street in Chinatown will include construction of a […]
BPDA Approves Nine Projects, 81 Affordable Housing Units
Includes fully affordable projects in Mattapan and the North End Boston –The Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) Board of Directors approved nine new development projects at its October meeting. The projects will generate 193 residential units, including 81 total affordable units, and 885 jobs once construction is complete. Two of the projects approved, 41 North […]
BPDA Board Approves Seven Projects
Boston – The Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) Board of Directors approved seven development projects at their August meeting. The projects will generate a total of 223 residential units, 42 of which will be affordable. In addition, the projects will create over 4,000 jobs upon their completion. Included in the approved projects is Exchange South […]
BPDA Board Approves 870 Residential Units
Boston – The Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) Board of Directors approved four development projects and one notice of project change at its July meeting. The projects will generate a total of 870 residential units, 190 of which will be affordable. In addition, the projects will create 379 jobs upon their completion. Development projects […]
