Wednesday, March 13, 2013
By how much depends on which of the analyses is used.
Whether it's $80,000 or $316,000, the conclusion of competing economic reports on the impact of the proposed residential/retail Cushing Village development in the heart of Cushing Square will be a net upside to future town budgets. "Whatever number you take, it does have a positive (number) before it," said Belmont Planning Committee Chairman Sami Baghdady at the Committee's Tuesday, March 12 meeting, as the economic and fiscal analyses completed by the Planning Board's Elizabeth Allison and the developer, Smith Legacy differed in a single area; the impact of the three-building complex on Belmont schools, particularly in the number of students the 115 apartment unit complex will attract. While the Partners defended their figures showing …
42.38052
-71.1746
Trapelo Rd & Common St, Belmont, MA
/articles/bet-on-it-cushing-village-to-increase-revenue
/locations/9007752
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Moving closer to a resolution or rejection of design plan; July 10 meeting will answer those questions.
Developer Chris Starr's Cushing Village proposal is now an airier, brighter and a more accessible development But at a two-hour review of two months of behind closed door meetings between the development team and a three-member group led by the Planning Board's Chairman Sami Baghdady, the biggest obstacle facing Cushing Village is not what's on the ground but what's planned skyward. At Tuesday night, June 26, meeting of the Belmont Planning Board, the issue of height – a fourth floor on two of the three buildings and placing a half floor on the third – appears to be the greatest stumbling block facing the approximately 175,000 square foot housing/retail/parking that is being proposed in the heart of Cushing Square. "We will have issues …
42.38052
-71.1746
Common St & Trapelo Rd, Belmont, MA
/articles/height-remains-cushing-village-s
/locations/7334034
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Course of Cushing Village now in the hands of developer: continue or re-start review process.
The wait is over. Newly-elected Belmont Selectman Andy Rojas resigned yesterday, Monday, April 9, from the Planning Board. But while he will no longer be a voting member, Rojas will continue to follow the board's actions as the Selectmen "has agreed to have me serve as their (Planning Board's) liaison," Rojas told Belmont Patch in an email today, April 10. Rojas' resignation would appear to throw a monkey wrench into the review of the Cushing Village development proposal which the Planning Board has been holding meetings for more than a month. With a reduced board, the development team – lead by Smith Legacy Partners' principal Christopher Starr – could risk having a divided board which would frustrate an already contentious process. But …
42.38052
-71.1746
Common St & Trapelo Rd, Belmont, MA
/articles/rojas-resigns-from-planning-board
/locations/6772076
