Committee sends Corktown NEZ rehab application for 1806 Leverette to formal without recommendation

City Planning Commission staff described a Neighborhood Enterprise Zone certificate application for 1806 Leverette in Corktown and the committee voted to send the petition to formal consideration without a recommendation.

"This is a NAZ certificate request for a property on Leverett," City Planning Commission staffer Chris Gulak said, describing the site as a two‑and‑a‑half‑story single‑family structure built in 1916 in a historic district. Gulak said the petitioner, listed in the report as Toller Holdings and represented on screen by the applicant, purchased the home in December 2025 for $350,000.

Gulak summarized the staff report's cost breakdown for the proposed rehabilitation, including new windows, HVAC, kitchen and bathroom work. The staff report listed an estimated rehabilitation cost in the materials; the transcript contains a numeric formatting irregularity in that figure. The committee presseda series of questions about the extent of exterior work allowed by historic‑district rules and whether accessibility features could be added without violating historic preservation requirements. The applicant said historic‑district approvals limit exterior changes and that window replacement had been denied but window repair authorized.

Member Mary Waters raised affordability and accessibility concerns, asking whether the NEZ tax break would primarily serve a property flip and how the projected sale value was justified. The applicant said projected resale prices were based on neighborhood comparables and that he expected occupancy or resale to occur by July, depending on the market.

After discussion the committee made a motion "to send to formal without any recommendation" on the NEZ certificate application; no objections were recorded and the motion carried.

Next procedural steps: the item will be considered at a formal committee hearing for recommendation.