A housing project just behind the Whole Foods and Marty’s Fine Wines on Washington Street would create 209 units of senior apartments that offer a combination of independent living, assisted living, and memory care services, reports John Hilliard at the Globe.
Mark Development and Calif.-based Senior Resource Group are proposing the nearly 225,000 square-foot development.
“In our conversations with residents across the city as part of our other projects, it is clear that there are a number of long-time residents of Newton who want to remain here in independent and supported living settings, but there are not a lot of choices,” said Mark Development's Robert Korff told the Globe.
The site is presently a bus parking lot, along with a few small commercial buildings, along Crafts Street.
Newton City Councilor Emily Norton -- who has a track record of opposing projects of this scale in her neighborhood – told Hilliard she was pleased to see a proposal for more senior housing.
But Norton raised concerns about the project’s height, which reaches seven stories in one portion and five in another.
Also in the pipeline: A proposal by 2Life Communities would create 174 units of senior housing at the corner of Nahanton and Winchester Streets, near the Needham line.
Teachers are quitting, look who’s hiring them
We all know about how the big quit has impacted so many of our businesses.
For example, quits in the retail sector rose 27% nationally between January and November of last year.
That’s nothing compared to the education sector where the quit rate rose 40% in state and local education.
“Teachers’ ability to absorb and transmit information quickly, manage stress and multitask are high-demand skills, recruiters and careers coaches say. Classroom instructors are landing sales roles and jobs as instructional coaches, software engineers and behavioral health technicians, according to LinkedIn,” writes reporter Kathryn Dill.
Speaking of hiring
If you're struggling hiring, or finding the the right candidates in this market (and what hiring manager isn't these days?), be sure and register for our webinar next Friday: Interviewing Skills for Hiring Managers
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What moving, what’s not, on Beacon Hill
Happy hours aren’t here again.
Efforts to overturn the decades-long ban on discount drink promotions failed to gather enough signatures for a ballot drive in December. And yesterday a proposed happy hour bill effectively died in committee, State House News’ Katie Lannan.
Also yesterday: A different legislative committee moved forward a series of bills that would allow municipalities to add a new fee to certain real estate transactions to be used for affordable housing, Lannan also reports.
Restaurants anxiously hope for outdoor dining extension
Meanwhile, restaurants across the state are nervously hoping the House will adopt a Senate measure that would extend outdoor dining and cocktails to go until Dec. 15 as part of a larger COVID spending bill.
Right now both provisions expire April 1. Without an extension, restaurants looking to serve us outdoors must go though a costly and cumbersome hoop-jumping process ('hoop-jumping" being a technical term) that involves both municipal and state approval.
Linden Square expanding tenant base
Four new tenants are joining the mix at Linden Square in Wellesley.
Tatte Bakery, Oath Pizza, Karma, and Atelier salon will be phased throughout the year beginning this spring. Plus, beginning this month, the entire property will undergo a $7 million upgrade expected to be completed by November 2022. (Boston Real Estate Times)
Panelists include representatives from Northland Development, National Development, Mark Development, WS Development, Boylston Properties, Procopio Companies, Wilder Companies, Colliers, Cube3, PCA and even some guy who writes a newsletter for the Charles River Regional Chamber.
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