Charles River Center outlines 86-unit supportive affordable housing plan at East Militia Heights to Needham design board

The Charles River Center presented an informal review Monday to the Needham Design Review Board for Charles River Heights, an 86-unit affordable housing development planned at 59 East Militia Heights Drive that would set aside roughly half the units for the Charles River Center’s clients.

Anne Marie Bosois, president and CEO of the Charles River Center, said the project is “a mission-driven development” intended to integrate residents supported by the center with the broader community. Phil Kreen, co-developer and project manager, told the board the development would be submitted through a 40B comprehensive-permit pathway and that the project team will seek a project eligibility letter from the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities. “What we’re proposing is 86 affordable units of housing, half of which will be set aside for Charles River Center clients,” Kreen said.

Project team members described a campus-style site plan…