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MassDOT Turnpike Air Rights Parcels 12 – 15 Citizen’s Advisory Committee (CAC)
 
Neighborhood: Back Bay
Type: Economic Development/Planning
Status: In Process
Project Manager: Jonathan Greeley/
Lauren Shurtleff
Phone Number: (617)918-4486/
(617)918-4353
Email Address: jonathan.greeley.BRA@cityofboston.gov
Lauren.Shurtleff.BRA@cityofboston.gov
Last Updated: 1/24/2012

As Boston searches for available sites to meet development demands, the air rights along the Boston Extension of the Massachusetts Turnpike offer an opportunity to accommodate new uses and meet the needs of local residents, businesses and institutions. The redevelopment of former rail yards and air rights into the Prudential Center complex sets a precedent for this type of development.

The Turnpike Authority has organized the remaining available air rights along the corridor into 23 parcels that are generally defined by bridges or natural boundaries. Parcels 12 – 15 are located around the intersection of Boylston Street and Massachusetts Avenue in the Back Bay neighborhood. Parcel 12 forms a 400-foot gap along Massachusetts Avenue, while Parcels 13, 14 and 15 create a 990-foot and 550-foot gap respectively along Boylston Street.

Citizens Advisory Committee: The MassDOT Turnpike Air Rights Parcels 12 – 15 Citizen’s Advisory Committee (CAC) is made up of residents, business owners, community organizations, and professionals. Mayor Thomas M. Menino appointed the CAC in June 2011 to assist the Boston Redevelopment Authority in the public process involved with any potential redevelopment of Parcels 12 – 15.

In June 2000, the City of Boston published a Civic Vision for Turnpike Air Rights in Boston, the result of almost four years of planning by a Strategic Development Study Committee. This document available on the BRA website
http://www.bostonredevelopmentauthority.org/Planning/PlanningInitsIndividual.asp?action=ViewInit&InitID=43 provides the basic guidelines and framework as the Citizen’s Advisory Committee, together with the City, reviews future air rights development proposals.

 
Publication(s):

  1. CAC Formal Comment Letter 6-29-12
  2. CAC List of Members
  3. MassDOT Turnpike Air Rights Parcels 12-15 – Request for Proposals 10-8-08
  4. Trinity Proposal 2008 - Parcels 12, 13
  5. Weiner Proposal 2008 - Parcels 12, 14, 15
  6. Carpenter Proposal 2008 - Parcels 14, 15
  7. Chiofaro Proposal 2008 - Parcel 15
  8. Map of Massachusetts Avenue Corridor Development Projects
  9. CAC Meeting #1: PowerPoint Presentation 8-9-11
  10. CAC Meeting #1: Notes 8-9-11
  11. CAC Meeting #2: Notes 9-20-11
  12. CAC Meeting #2: PowerPoint Presentation 9-20-11
  13. CAC Meeting #3: PowerPoint Presentation 10-13-11
  14. CAC Meeting #3: Notes 10-13-11
  15. List of Questions for Proponents – October 2011
  16. CAC Meeting #4 PowerPoint Presentation 11-10-11 - Trinity Financial
  17. CAC Meeting #4: Notes 11-10-11
  18. CAC Meeting #5 PowerPoint Presentation 12-1-11 - The Chiofaro Company
  19. CAC Meeting #5 PowerPoint Presentation 12-1-11 - Carpenter & Company
  20. CAC Meeting #5 Notes 12-1-11
  21. CAC Meeting #6 PowerPoint Presentation 1-11-12 - Weiner Ventures-Samuels & Associates
  22. CAC Meeting #6 Notes 1-11-12
  23. Response to Questions for Proponents – Trinity Financial
  24. Response to Questions for Proponents - The Chiofaro Company
  25. Response to Questions for Proponents - Carpenter & Company
  26. Response to Questions for Proponents - Weiner Ventures-Samuels & Associates
  27. CAC Meeting #7: Notes 2-15-12
  28. CAC Meeting #7: PowerPoint Presentation 2-15-12
  29. MassDOT Turnpike Air Rights Parcels 12-15 – Request for Proposals Addendum #2 – 2-17-12
  30. Trinity Revised Proposal 2012 - Parcels 12, 13
  31. Weiner-Samuels Revised Proposal 2012 - Parcels 12, 14, 15
  32. Carpenter Revised Proposal 2012 - Parcels 14, 15
  33. Chiofaro Revised Proposal 2012 - Parcel 15
  34. CAC Meeting 8 Notes 4-5-12
  35. CAC Meeting #8 PowerPoint Presentation 4-5-12 – Berklee College of Music
  36. CAC Meeting #8 PowerPoint Presentation 4-5-12 – Trinity Financial
  37. CAC Meeting 9 Notes 4-24-12
  38. CAC Meeting #9 PowerPoint Presentation 4-24-12 – Carpenter & Company
  39. CAC Meeting #9 PowerPoint Presentation 4-24-12 – Weiner Ventures – Samuels & Associates
  40. CAC Meeting #9 PowerPoint Presentation 4-24-12 – The Chiofaro Company


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