Northwest Park Earns Growth District Designation

BURLINGTON, MA-Norwest Park–a 285-acre mixed-use development–has been designated by the state and Gov. Deval Patrick as one of the state’s 16 key Growth Districts. The Growth District moniker points to the state’s initiative to create jobs and economic development throughout the Bay State. The mixed-use project is being developed by the locally-based Nordblom Co.

“The Growth District designation provides a tremendous boost to Northwest Park as it puts [the] location on a list of pre-permitted, shovel-ready development sites within Massachusetts,” says Todd Fremont-Smith, SVP of development for Nordblom Co., in a statement.

The project is zoned for mixed-use, planned for office and retail, off the Middlesex Turnpike here. The development will transform an existing office park into a spacious community made-up of class A office/R&D, retail, restaurants, residential units, a boutique hotel and public green space. Fremont-Smith estimates a total cost roughly at $500 million, but adds that, “[Northwest Park] project is more than evolution, like most large projects anywhere, it’s going to get built-out over 10 to 15 years. So, we’re looking at this on a more incremental, evolutionary process.”