A new report from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council suggests that the supply of parking in a multifamily building may affect who chooses to live there, and that Boston-area developers are building too much parking overall.
Attempts to redevelop Cambridge’s former Sullivan Courthouse could culminate early this summer – or potentially roll back to the starting gate. Leggat McCall Properties plans 430,000 square feet of office space and 24 affordable apartments, but must secure a lease on 420 parking spaces in a nearby municipal garage.
Cambridge-based architects SMMA came up with a creative way to add more than 900 structured parking spaces at Charlestown’s Hood Park while preparing for a future in which cars are no longer king.
Parking space spotted, two degrees north by northwest, full speed ahead!
Somerville’s Assembly Row is straining against the limits of its parking capacity as MBTA riders take advantage of 2,100 spaces near the 3-year-old Orange Line station, while shoppers check out 20 new shops and restaurants opening this year. “It was a free-for-all for anyone and everyone coming to Assembly Row, including people jumping on the Orange Line and working in Boston for eight hours,” said David Middleton, Assembly Row’s assistant general manager.
In Boston, the Government Center Garage is a multiblock structure that once fulfilled a practical purpose. Since the garage opened in the late 1960s, it has provided more than 2,300 parking spaces with easy access to I-93 for commuters of downtown Boston.
In exchange for Logan’s environmentally friendly upgrades, CLF agreed to drop its opposition to the parking plan, which is pending regulatory action by the Department of Environmental Protection.
