The point of the article is to explain why building costs are so high around here and therefore the high rents, which is why we have a housing crisis. Too much expensive housing.
The HCA zones will drive up land acquisition cost for those parcels because those parcels will not require town approval. I do agree that town meeting was a deterrent to developers, but in my opinion, a good deterrent. Lots of folks disagree with me which is fine. The zoning bylaws and site guidelines will now need to represent the tastes of the town and serve as that oversight somehow without being too restrictive on developers. It’s risky in my opinion. It puts a lot of pressure on our planning board to be good decision-makers on design. I think we should put less into HCA zoning to avoid these risks and extra pressure on our planning board. But maybe they can handle it, we’ll see. Rob 185 Lincoln Road *Robert Ahlert* | *781.738.1069* | robahl...@gmail.com On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 9:33 AM Paul Shorb <paul.sh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Rob, that article is a great explainer. > Among other things, it seems to support the point that requiring town > meeting approval of a particular proposed housing development, rather than > just creating some appropriate zoning rules, is a substantial deterrent to > a developer. The article explains why. > > On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 8:37 AM Robert Ahlert <robahl...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Some insight into what building costs will do to the monthly rents for >> HCA buildings here in Lincoln … >> >> >> https://apps.bostonglobe.com/2023/10/special-projects/spotlight-boston-housing/construction-costs/ >> >> Let me know if you can’t read this and I can try to scrape to PDF >> >> Rob >> 185 Lincoln Road >> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/185+Lincoln+Road?entry=gmail&source=g> >> >> >> *Robert Ahlert* | *781.738.1069* | robahl...@gmail.com >> > -- >> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >> To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. >> Browse the archives at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >> Change your subscription settings at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >> >>
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