Community meeting on development at 620 Broadway

[mzrowan.livejournal.com]

Got this in the mail, thought it might be of interest to the community. Note that I don't know any more about this than I'm reproducing here.

To: Neighbors of 620 Broadway
Re: Proposed Development of 620 Broadway (now the Shield gas station)

When: Monday, June 2, 7:30 p.m.
Where: The DAV (next door) 616 Broadway

Dear Neighbors,
Please join your neighbors, Ward 5 Alderman Mark Niedergang, Attorney Sean O'Donovan, and developers Gorka and Laurentzi Brabo, to learn about and view proposed plans for a 19-unit residential development at 620 Broadway. The development team will be on-hand to present the plans and to answer any questions you may have.

For more info or questions contact:
Ward 5 Alderman Mark Niedergang, (617) 629-8033, mniedergang@somervillema.gov
or
Attorney Sean O'Donovan, (617) 629-8888, sean@odolaw.com

Comments

[somerfriend.livejournal.com]

Another commercial space being converted into residential with no ground floor retail? And if anything given its location in a commercial area and future T stop, there should be offices on the upper floors. It is zone NB=neighborhood business. How is this possible? Don't get me wrong, I'm very much in favor of development, but it can't all be residential.

[fefie.livejournal.com]

This. It's a disconcerting trend. I appreciate the OP for posting about this meeting. (I hadn't seen anything about it elsewhere.)

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Agreed. This area seems to have a weird allergy to mixed-use. It happens sometimes, but pretty rarely.