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Brookline ZBA extends comprehensive permit for JFK Place at 445 Harvard Street to 2027
Summary
The Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously approved a two-year extension of the Chapter 40B comprehensive permit for the five-story, 25-unit JFK Place project at 445 Harvard St.; the board recorded the new expiration date as March 29, 2027.
The Zoning Board of Appeals voted unanimously to extend a comprehensive permit for JFK Place, a five-story, 25-unit mixed-use building at 445 Harvard Street, setting the new permit expiration date at March 29, 2027.
Chair Randolph Micklejohn opened the agenda item by summarizing the permit history and the applicant’s request for a two-year extension of decision 2019-0060. Town counsel advised the board that Chapter 40B discourages denying an extension and recommended the board accept the applicant’s stated reasons for delay rather than conducting an extensive “good cause” analysis. No representative of the applicant appeared in the meeting; planning staff indicated construction had not begun.
Board members said delays of one to two years have become common in recent projects and, after brief discussion, each member indicated support for the extension. The chair announced the board’s unanimous decision to grant the two-year extension.
The decision means the comprehensive permit’s new expiration date is March 29, 2027. The board did not state any additional conditions in open session.
