North Point is a proposed mixed-use project with the majority of the 19 parcels located in Cambridge; smaller portions are located in Boston and Somerville. The site is located across from the Museum of Science and CambridgeSide Galleria, and is adjacent to the Lechmere MBTA Station. Spaulding & Slye Colliers will develop the proposed project, with the firm acting as development manager. The Boston Redevelopment Authority recently approved its portion of North Point. The master plan for the project includes a transit-oriented residential neighborhood consisting of office, research and development, and retail space, a hotel, parking and more than 10 acres of green space.

"This is a giant step forward toward advancing the design of the new MBTA Lechmere Green Line Station," notes Ralph F. Cox, senior vice president of Spaulding & Slye Colliers and the project manager for North Point. He adds that expansion of the MBTA system through Somerville to Tufts University will greatly improve the Route 28 corridor from East Cambridge up through Somerville. "It is also a critical part of the urban ring."