APP 2019-38
A refilling Zoning Petition Has been received from Joseph T. Maguire of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. transmitting a proposed revised amendment to the zoning ordinance by creating the Grand Junction Pathway Overlay District
Re: Refiled Zoning Petition-Grand Junction Pathway Overlay
District Dear Ms. Lopez: As our November 29, 2018 petition has expired, please find enclosed for filing, on behalf of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., and the owners of affected land, an updated zoning petition proposing the Grand Junction Pathway Overlay District. Our November 29, 2018 petition has been revised to reflect input from interested parties. Key changes include lowering of proposed building height, the addition of a transition zone for building height and a decrease in project density.
We look forward to continuing the review process and are eager to revitalize the affected land and advance the Grand Junction Pathway. Thank you for your consideration. Very truly yours, Joseph T. Maguire
Senior Vice President-Real Estate Development & Asset Services
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. 400 Technology Square, Suite 101 | Cambridge, MA 02139 [phone removed] | www.are.com
Grand Junction Pathway Overlay District Zoning Amendment
The undersigned owners of land to be affected by this Petition, hereby petition the Cambridge
City Council as follows:
1. To see if the City Council will vote to amend the Zoning Map of the City of Cambridge as follows: Parcel 1.
A certain parcel of land situated in the City of Cambridge, County of Middlesex and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point at the intersection of the westerly sideline of Fulkerson Street and the northeasterly sideline of Binney Street; thence running N 56°29'27" W, by said Binney Street, a distance of 226.55 feet to a point; thence turning and running N 57°11'37" W, by said Binney Street, a distance of 51.81 feet to a point; thence turning and running N 10°45'15" E, by land now or formerly of Massachusetts Department of Transportation, a distance of 1014.59 feet to a point; thence turning and running S 80°27'41" E, by land now or formerly of Spring Condominium, a distance of 83.70 feet to a point; thence turning and running S 09°32'21" W, by land now or formerly Pay Phone Realty Trust, and land now or formerly of NSTAR Electric Company, a distance of 278.56 feet to a point; thence turning and running S 06°22'09" E, by land now or formerly of NSTAR Electric Company, a distance of 127.16 feet to a point; thence turning and running N 12°47'39" W, by land now or formerly of NSTAR Electric Company, a distance of 76.39 feet to a point of non-tangency; thence running by a curve to the left, having a radius of 301.06 feet, a chord bearing of S 28°33'33" E, a chord distance of 138.60 feet, a delta angle of 19°01'53", and an arc length of 139.85 feet, by land now or formerly of NSTAR Electric Company to a point on said Fulkerson Street; thence running S 09°32'20" W, by said Fulkerson Street, a distance of 546.29 feet to the point of beginning; said parcel of land containing an area of 191,506 square feet or 4.39 acres; and Parcel 2.
A certain parcel of land situated in the City of Cambridge, County of Middlesex and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts more particularly described as follows: commencing at a point at the intersection of the westerly sideline of Fulkerson Street and the northeasterly sideline of Binney Street; thence running N 56°29'27" W, by said Binney Street, a distance of 226.55 feet to a point; thence turning and running N 57°11'37" W, by said Binney Street, a distance of 90.66 feet to the point of beginning; thence running N 57°11'37" W, by said Binney Street, a distance of 15.11 feet to a point; thence turning and running N 10°45'15" E, by land now or formerly of ARE-MA Region No.
58, LLC, a distance of 508.00 feet to a point; thence turning and running S 67°21'26" E, by Parcel 3 herein described, a distance of 14.31 feet to a point; thence turning and running S 10°45'15" W, by land now or formerly of Massachusetts Department of Transportation, a distance of 510.72 feet to the point of beginning; said parcel of land containing an area of 7,131 square feet; and Parcel 3.
A certain parcel of land situated in the City of Cambridge, County of Middlesex and point on the westerly line of land now or formerly of Massachusetts Department of Transportation said point being S 10°45'15" W, a distance of 510.72 feet from the northeasterly sideline of Binney Street; thence running N 67°21'26" W, by Parcel 2 herein described and land now or formerly of ARE-MA Region No. 58, LLC, a distance of 17.69 feet to a point; thence turning and running N 10°46'42" E, by land now or formerly of Richard D.
Fanning, Wellington Harrington Memorial Way, and land now or formerly of John Frazier, Trustee, a distance of 743.27 feet to a point; thence turning and running S 80°25'39" E, by land now or formerly of Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston, and Parcel 4 herein described, a distance of 17.00 feet to a point; thence turning and running S 10°45'15" W, by land now or formerly of Massachusetts Department of Transportation, a distance of 747.26 feet to the point of beginning; said parcel of land containing an area of 12,785 square feet; and Parcel 4.