The application for a 40B permit means if the developer plans on including at least a 25% affordable housing component in the project in a town with less than ten percent affordable housing he can bypass local zoning laws. A town representative tells GlobeSt.com that Concord currently has 2.9% affordable housing. "The town is supportive of affordable housing," is all she would say about the project.

But Enid Boasberg, a member of the newly formed group, Concordians for Affordable and Responsible Development, tells GlobeSt.com that her group is not opposed to seeing more affordable housing in Concord. She says that it is the "size and the scope of the project" that her group is concerned about. "It is just too big," she says. "We'd be happy to see it built on a smaller scale." Boasberg points out that the town's maximum allowable height for buildings is 35 feet. This project goes up to 61 feet. She adds that there are environmental concerns about the site because of the wetlands there and it is in a high traffic area. "It's high rises in a village," she notes. "It's totally inappropriate."