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Balancing Growth and Integration: Evaluating Competing Development Proposals at 90 Washington Street in Somerville

Somerville is currently evaluating two redevelopment proposals for 90 Washington Street, a four-acre site in the Inner Belt district near the MBTA’s East Somerville Green Line station. According to the Boston Business Journal, the decision is being made under meaningful financial pressure, with the city looking to recoup a roughly $30 million gap tied to its acquisition of the property…

Mayor Jake Wilson plans to tackle Somerville’s housing crisis. Will it work?

More density, new zoning, and fresh investment in affordable and social housing top his priorities. By Beth TreffeisenSource: Boston.com When newly elected Somerville Mayor Jake Wilson bought his first home in Winter Hill 21 years ago, he was terrified he was making a terrible mistake. He and his wife paid $425,000 for a modest starter […]

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May 20, 2025
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Boston-area bar, two chefs named James Beard finalists

By Don Seiffert The James Beard Foundation has announced its 2025 finalists, and a Boston-area bar as well as chefs in Cambridge and Somerville have made the cut. The semifinalists were named earlier this year, and the winners will be named at a ceremony on June 16 at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. The finalist nominees and honorees were […]

Somerville Life Science Building at 90% Occupancy

By: Emily Fu North River Leerink (NRL) has announced that 100 Chestnut, a purpose-built 200,000 square feet life Science building in Somerville, MA, is 90% leased. Ultragenyx, relocating from Kendall Square, has leased 42,500 square feet to consolidate their east coast R&D. CRADL has leased 16,000 square feet to open a contract vivarium and in […]

Rafi Properties signs Sublime Systems to additional 23,000 s/f

By NEREJ Somerville, MA According to Rafi Properties, owner and operator of Somernova, the 7.4-acre innovation campus and community dedicated to helping people and companies iterate and grow faster, Sublime Systems (Sublime) will expand their headquarters on the campus. Sublime, the leading developer of a fossil-fuel-free, scalable, drop-in replacement for traditional cement in concrete, will add […]

Bluebird bio nets 3rd gene therapy approval since company split

By Rowan Walrath Somerville’s bluebird bio Inc. has won its third U.S. drug approval since splitting into two companies. On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration approved lovo-cel, a gene therapy for sickle-cell disease. The drug will be marketed under the name Lyfgenia. The FDA announced Lyfgenia’s approval at the same time it said it had approved […]

Lab slump hits Somerville just as big projects near completion

By Greg Ryan One year ago almost to the day, the Nissenbaum family was on the brink of becoming $150 million richer. Things did not go as planned. For much of 2022, the Nissenbaums had a tentative deal in place to sell their car-parts junkyard near Somerville’s Union Square to the real estate developers building the […]

Rafi Properties pursues $3.3B Somerville ‘tough tech’ mega-campus

By Greg Ryan The real estate firm behind Somerville’s Somernova business campus is proposing to replace the low-slung structures now on the site with a $3.3 billion redevelopment featuring five significantly taller buildings aimed at “tough tech” tenants. Right now, the 7.5-acre Somernova campus — located off Somerville Avenue, a half-mile west of Union Square — […]

Greentown Labs names Kevin Knobloch, former DOE official, as CEO

By Lucia Maffei After a national search that lasted months, Somerville-based Greentown Labs has found its new leader. The largest climatetech incubator in North America said Thursday it appointed Kevin Knobloch as its next CEO. He plans to start on Sept. 5. Knobloch, 66, served as chief of staff of the U.S. Department of Energy during […]

Developers use crowdfunding, loans to buy Assembly site for $143M

By Greg Ryan With the help of a crowdfunding platform, a Boston-based real estate development firm and its partner have acquired a nearly 12-acre commercial property in Somerville’s Assembly Square for $142.5 million. A joint venture between Cabot Cabot & Forbes and a Cannon Hill Capital Partners fund bought 65-75 Mystic Ave., a site adjacent to […]

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Balancing Growth and Integration: Evaluating Competing Development Proposals at 90 Washington Street in Somerville

Mayor Jake Wilson plans to tackle Somerville’s housing crisis. Will it work?

Boston-area bar, two chefs named James Beard finalists

Somerville Life Science Building at 90% Occupancy

Rafi Properties signs Sublime Systems to additional 23,000 s/f

Bluebird bio nets 3rd gene therapy approval since company split

Lab slump hits Somerville just as big projects near completion

Rafi Properties pursues $3.3B Somerville ‘tough tech’ mega-campus

Greentown Labs names Kevin Knobloch, former DOE official, as CEO

Developers use crowdfunding, loans to buy Assembly site for $143M

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