<div dir="ltr">Hi Planners: <div><br></div><div>I'm writing the next issue of the <a href="https://mbtacommunities.bostonindicators.org/">Upzone Update</a> e-newsletter, due out on Friday. Please share your updates (about MBTA Communities and other zoning news) with me, for this newsletter and future ones. </div><div><br></div><div>I am hoping to report on production numbers -- permitting of new multi-family buildings under zoning adopted for compliance with MBTA Communities law. Let me know if projects are coming through your community. </div><div><br></div><div>So far I have found the following (but please correct this if any numbers are off): </div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><a href="https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2024/09/06/somerville-triple-deckers.html" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Somerville</a></b>:
Received 12 applications for construction of new three-unit buildings, and 11
applications to add one or two units to an existing single-family or two-family. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Bedford</b>: Two projects are in the
works: one to replace an existing
two-family with a 4-unit building, another to build a 7-unit building in place
of a single-family. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Lexington: </b>One source reported to me
1,164 units somewhere in the pipeline. This <a href="https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2024/07/29/lexingtons-mbta-zoning-spurs-real-world-action-fr.html" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">article</a>,
from the summer, mentions 285 units in four projects. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Newton</b>: Two projects in the MRT zone,
where four-unit buildings are allowed. (One project added a unit, another is a subdivision.) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">If your community has adopted MBTA-C, but no projects have come through yet, what are your thoughts on why.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I look forward to your updates! Thank you for your hard work!! </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Amy Dain</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.dainresearch.com/">Dain Research</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Newton</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p></div></div>