Rezoning to comply with the Housing Choice Act may some day result in more multifamily housing in South Lincoln and perhaps other areas, if developers are interested — but change is probably coming much sooner to the mall. Civico, which designed and built Oriole Landing, is poised to redevelop the mall’s main building with more…
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Rezoning ideas to comply with HCA and redevelop mall are aired
Five parcels of land in Lincoln have been identified for possible multifamily rezoning to satisfy the state Housing Choice Act, according to a consultant hired to help the town comply with the law. In a separate effort, the Rural Land Foundation is also proposing to rezone the area occupied by the Mall at Lincoln Station…
Meeting, public forums to tackle town’s options under Housing Choice Act
The Housing Choice Act Working Group (HCAWG) has scheduled a virtual multi-board meeting and two public forums in June to discuss the town’s path towards compliance with the state housing law. The goal of the Housing Choice Act is to create more transit-oriented zoning areas (meaning areas surrounding MBTA stops including Lincoln’s train station) where…
Property sales in March 2023
5 Laurel Drive — Fred Tingley to Sivaram Balakrishnan and Vaneeta Singh for $1,220,000 (March 31) 10 Blueberry Lane — Solomon Manson Trust to Charles Harold Ryback Trust for $1,560,000 (March 30) 59 Oxbow Rd. — Shihab Ahmed to Denis and Heather Malkov for $1,228,000 (March 30) 129 Lexington Rd. — RE Investments LLC to…
Town moves forward with firm to build solar installation at landfill
After years of stops and starts, solar panels may finally start appearing on the capped town landfill in late 2024. The town recently selected HESP Solar of Montvale, N.J., to build a solar voltaic facility that will provide 1 MW of electricity, which is about what’s needed to power town-owned buildings excluding the schools. The…
Property sales in February 2023
27 Huckleberry Hill — Jessica Beck to Ephraim Lessell for $1,465,000 (February 13) 102 Lincoln Rd. — Ephraim Lessell to Brian Depasquale and Kristin Martin for $685,000 (February 28)…
Hanscom runway repaving will affect nearby Lincoln residents
Starting in June, part of a Hanscom Field runway will be repaved, causing disruptions for Virginia Road residents. The routine 20-year repaving of the runway that runs from southwest to northeast is not related to a recent proposal to add hangars and reconfigure a taxiway at Hanscom Field. Massport officials said at a recent Hanscom…
Annual Town Meeting is (mostly) controversy-free
(Editor’s note: This article was updated on March 27 to reflect several corrections.) Lincoln’s Annual Town Meeting on March 25 sailed along with little discussion and quick approvals of dozens of warrant articles — until the very last one. Article 31 asked voters to approve a petition to the state legislature to change the Housing…
Hanscom Field group meets Tuesday
The Hanscom Field Advisory Commission will discuss the latest developments on the proposed Hanscom Field expansion at its meeting on Tuesday, March 21 from 7–8 p.m. via Zoom (link here; passcode: 194503). The HFAC is a monthly forum in which Massport reports on the past month’s activities to Hanscom-area towns and residents can direct questions…
Property sales in January 2023
32D Indian Camp Lane — James Hogan to Michael Grigelevich and Johannah Ash for $418,500 (January 31) 165 Bedford Rd. — Colleen Fong Trust to Lauren Briere for $763,000 (January 31) 39 Brooks Rd. — Sanjeev Verma to L.A.M.B. Trust for $1,950,000 (January 28) 16 Huckleberry Hill — Stephanie Stankard to Emily Ann Stankard Trust…