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Select Board hears Center Street lots study proposing mixed-use side-lot concept; committee asks to issue RFI
Summary
A yearlong study recommended a "side-lot" concept for the Center Street East and West lots in Coolidge Corner — preserving existing parking via a new garage, adding 80–100 housing units, retail and a public plaza for the farmers market. The committee asked the Select Board to authorize a Request for Information to test developer interest; several board members said they needed more information before voting.
The Center Street Lots Study Committee presented its final report and recommended that the Select Board endorse a "side-lot" design concept and authorize staff to issue a Request for Information (RFI) to developers.
Committee chair Mike Sandman and co-chair Shauna Giroir Goffin outlined the concept: preserve the current public parking supply by building a parking structure, create a public plaza that retains space for the Coolidge Corner Farmers Market, and add housing (the study projected roughly 80–100 units across the two Center Street lots, with potential additional units if the adjacent Babcock Street lot is included). Consultant Chris Dempsey said preliminary cost estimates for…
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