455 Harvard 40B
Applicant Harvard Danesh LLC proposed a mixed-use project at 455 Harvard Street, a 8324 sf lot at the corner of Thorndike (Precinct 9 and Zoning District L-1.0). The proposal consists of ground floor retail and parking and three floors of rental residential apartments (17 units). Contact for the applicant is Danny Danesh.
Key Dates
- October 26, 2016 - MassHousing informed Town of receipt of PEL application
- November 25, 2016 - Comments due to MassHousing
- February 10, 2017 - Comprehensive Permit Application Received by Planning Department
- October 23, 2017 - Comprehensive Permit Issued by ZBA with conditions
PEL Documents
- Complete PEL Application (PDF) (30 MB)
- Site and Architectural Plans (PDF) (excerpted from PEL application)
- Board of Selectman Response to Mass Housing (PDF) - 12.9.16
- Environmental Memo - 12.6.16 (PDF)
- Final Comprehensive Permit Decision (PDF) - 10.23.17
APPLICATIONS AND PLANS
- Comprehensive Permit Application (PDF) - 2.10.17
- Revised Parking Plan (PDF) - 5.11.17
- Revised Parking Specs (PDF) - 5.11.17
- Trash Narrative (PDF) - 5.11.17
- Trash Plan (PDF) - 5.11.17
- Building Code Memo (PDF) - 5.11.17
- Rear Door Memo (PDF) - 5.22.17
- Tree Narrative (PDF) - 5.22.17
- Revised Engineering Plans (PDF) - 7.12.17
- Sight Distances - 7.14.17
- Traffic Demand Management Plan (PDF) - 9.1.17
- Updated Architectural Plans (PDF) - 9.12.17
- Updated Engineering Plans (PDF) - 9.12.17
PRESENTATIONS
- Project Team to ZBA - 3.30.17 (PDF)
- Updated Presentation - 5.11.17 (PDF)
- Updated/Revised (PDF) Presentation - 7.12.17 (PDF)
- Revised Presentation and Plans (PDF) - 8.30.17
- Revised Presentation - 9.18.17 (PDF)
PEER REVIEW DOCUMENTS
- Traffic Report - 5.3.17 (PDF)
- Design Report - 5.15.17 (PDF)
- Updated Traffic Report - 6.1.17 (PDF)
- Parking Report - 6.7.17 (PDF)
- Applicant Response to Traffic Report (PDF) - 7.12.17
TRANSCRIPTS
Available two weeks after a hearing. All hearings are streamed live and video later archived via Brookline Interactive Group (PDF).
- March 30, 2017 (PDF)
- April 5, 2017 (PDF)
- May 15, 2017 (PDF)
- June 7, 2017 (PDF)
- July 12, 2017 (PDF)
- August 30, 2017 (PDF)
- September 18, 2017 (PDF)
- October 23, 2017 (PDF)
LETTERS TO ZBA
Letters from Boards and Commissions
Citizen Comment
- Catherine Campbell (PDF)
- Stephen Ault (PDF)
- Bare/Herscovici (PDF)
- Pell (PDF)
- Grossman (PDF)
- Harris/Mullen (PDF)
- Vanderkay (PDF)
- Rosen (PDF)
- Pehlke (PDF)
- Shaw (PDF)
- Kaplan (PDF)
- Lissai (PDF)
- Dumas (PDF)
- Longino (PDF)
- Bennett (PDF)
- Schlatter (PDF)
- Bennett 4.6.2017 (PDF)
- Sparrow 5.9.2017 (PDF)
- Harris 5.15.17 (PDF)
- Herscovici 5.15.17 (PDF)
- Rosen 5.15.17 (PDF)
- Shaw 5.15.17 (PDF)
- Schlatter 5.15.17 (PDF)
- Vanderkay 5.15.17 (PDF)
- Waters - 6.5.17 (PDF)
- Dumas - 6.6.17 (PDF)
- Housman - 6.7.17 (PDF)