New Development Log Available - 2021 Second Quarter


8/3/2021 • 3 years ago

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The Development Log, published quarterly, tracks large-scale residential and commercial development projects currently in the permitting or construction phases in the city. The Log contains the name and location of each project, the developer, type of use, and the amount of square footage.

Review the Second Quarter 2021 Development Log

Development Log data is available for download through the City's Open Data Portal

Which Projects and Data Are Included?

Criteria for inclusion in the Development Log include:

  • Commercial projects totaling over 30,000 square feet;
  • Any other commercial project that falls under the jurisdiction of the Incentive Zoning Ordinance;
  • Any other commercial project that falls under the jurisdiction of the Parking and Transportation Demand Management Ordinance;
  • Residential projects of eight or more units that are either new construction, convert from a non-residential use, or add to or subtract from the existing number of units or square footage;
  • Any other residential project that falls under the jurisdiction of the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance;
  • Any other residential projects that employ 100% Affordable Housing Overlay zoning;
  • Municipal projects in which one or more City departments have an interest considered significant;
  • Any other project that has a significant impact on the neighborhood in which it is located.

Learn more about Development Log data.

The Dashboard

The Community Development Department's Development Log Dashboard invites users to interactively learn about development activity in Cambridge. The Dashboard displays data from 69 current projects, totaling a combined 11.6 million square feet and including over 5,200 units of housing. The Dashboard allows users to:

  • Zoom into development locations on a city map
  • Explore development projects by neighborhood
  • Search projects by address, primary use, and status
  • View amount of affordable and market-rate housing units in each development
  • Determine the amount of permitted parking spaces allocated to each project

For More Information

For more information please contact Cliff Cook, Senior Planning Information Manager, at ccook@cambridgema.gov or 617/349-4656.

To learn more about the Development Log visit the web page.

To download data go to the Open Data web portal.