Newton, Massachusetts Community Preservation Program  >>  Proposals & Projects

192 Lexington Street / Parkview Homes
Community Housing

location:
  192 Lexington Street
Auburndale, MA 02466
goals:
  Create 10 units of homeownership community housing with sustainable design and energy conservation features; all units with 3 bedrooms; 6 units to be affordable to households earning  under 100  percent of area median income and 4 units to households earning up to 80 percent of area median income.
project
funding:
 
Totals to be revised based on final state certification of project costs & revenue.
$2,046,000
CP funds appropriated (community housing),
including $5,000 for City of Newton Law Dept/
$41,446additional revenue used to reimburse portion of CPA grant

$2,003,554

net CP funds spent
$173,000 CDBG funds (federal housing funds
administered by Newton Housing Office)
$867,727 HOME funds (federal housing funds administered by Newton Housing Office)
$ 2,235,300 sales revenues

$5,322,027

TOTAL
contacts:
  Geoffrey Engler, Vice President
SEB, LLC
165 Chestnut Hill Avenue, No. 2
Brighton, MA 02135
email:  gengler@s-e-b.com
phone:  617.792.2300 x202

PROPOSAL REVIEW & APPROPRIATIONS:
5 December 2008
  proposal
5 December 2008
  budget attached to proposal
5 December 2008
  plans attached to proposal
(long file; may take a while to open)
5 December 2008
  project area maps
18 December 2008
  purchase & sale agreement

14 January 2009
 
project presentation (includes drawings)
January 2009
  outline of project specifications
February 2009
  revised budget
February 2009
  revised plans

11 May 2009

 
CPC funding recommendation
(incl. summary of proposal changes since Dec 2008 submission)
11 May 2009
  CPC recommendation, attachments pt 1
 (budget, appraisal, maps & plans)
11 May 2009
  CPC recommendation, attachments pt 2
 (letters of support, summary of community mtg)

additional information requested by Board of Aldermen:
(some files are large and may take a while to open)
23 June 2009
  full agenda, with all attachments below, for discussion by
Aldermanic Committee on Community Preservation
23 June 2009
  site control & ownership: Law Dept. memo
23 June 2009
  alternative budgets: development and operating
23 June 2009
  design and construction: Planning Dept. comments, architect portfolio
23 June 2009
  zoning & permitting: waivers and variances requested 
23 June 2009
  site engineering: results to date
23 June 2009
  traffic study:  potential impacts
23 June 2009
  property values study: potential impacts

5 October 2009
  Board order (appropriation)

PROJECT NEWS:
May 2009
  Tufts University study of anticipated vs. actual impacts of affordable housing developments on property values & neighborhood character:
ON THE GROUND: 40B Developments Before and After
20 November 2009
& 29 December 2009
  Zoning Board of Appeals - Comprehensive Permit decision & Planning staff memo to the ZBA (long file, may load slowly)
21 January 2010
  Comprehensive Permit
10 August 2010
  grant agreement
10 June 2011
  grant agreement - amendment
(very long file, may load slowly)
August 2011
  project photos & completion: Newton Tab article, CPC staff photos

CONTACT:  
Alice E. Ingerson, Ph.D., Community Preservation Program Manager
Newton Planning & Development Department,
City Hall, 1000 Commonwealth Ave., Newton, MA 02459
phone 617.796.1144, email  aingerson@newtonma.gov, TDD / TTY 617.796.1089