NorthPoint

Moot Moot case? Court says state can let developers build on former Cambridge wetlands

adamg — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:09:38 +0000

The Supreme Judicial Court ruled today the legislature has the right to let the developers of the massive NorthPoint project build on what were once tidal marshes.

In practical terms, the decision on a lawsuit brought by John Moot - who died last year - may be moot because the developers of the project are embroiled in other legal wrangling and may never finish the project.

However, it does uphold the legislature's right to reduce requirements for building on "landlocked tidelands," such at NorthPoint, where the tidelands become landlocked in 1962, when the state let the Boston & Maine fill in some of the marshes. In 2007, the SJC agreed with Moot and said the developers had no right to build on the land under state law. In response, the legislature passed a law - signed by Gov. Patrick - that exempted such lands from the state law regulating coastal construction.

The court ruled today the law passes constitutional muster and that while the developers, if they ever get their act together, no longer have to go through licensing, they and the state still have to prove the public good of the work.

Complete decision.

Want to get to the new Lechmere station? Buy space at NorthPoint

Arborway — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:52:41 +0000

Another entry in the NorthPoint development saga:

It seems that only those living or working at NorthPoint will get easy access to the station.

Just what I wanted, another bait-and-switch.

Mega Cambridge development to become mega failed Cambridge development?

adamg — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:15:11 +0000

Boston Development looks at troubles at the planned NorthPoint "city within a city" (liens? Oh my) and begins to wonder:

... The NorthPoint legal battles continue, and there is no end in sight. I am beginning to wonder if they might just call it quits soon. We'll see. ...