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Opposition to Proposed 80-Unit Development Heats Up

CONCORD, MA-Period Realty Trust files a proposal to develop an 80-unit apartment complex in West Concord. The project has an affordable housing component but those opposed to it insist it is the size, not the nature of the development that they object to.

By Naomi Grossman | Updated on May 14, 2002

CONCORD, MA-Period Realty Trust wants to build an 80-unit apartment complex in West Concord off Laws Brook Rd. The company acquired the 9.2-acre site, it filed a 40B application with the town and now it just has to win over the local residents–a tall order, considering that a group of them recently formed a citizen’s group to get the developer to change its plans.

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.

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