49 6th Street

49 Sixth Street_Former Church and Convent

Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH), a Boston-based nonprofit, is planning to convert a portion of the Sacred Heart property in East Cambridge into affordable rental housing. They will be partnering with Urban Spaces, a private residential developer, during the project’s initial development phase. Urban Spaces currently controls the site through a long term ground lease with the Archdiocese but will be transferring control to POAH when construction begins.

The plan calls for the adaptive reuse of the former convent, school and rectory buildings into 46 affordable rental apartments, with housing options for a range of resident incomes. As part of the renovation, POAH will restore the structures’ historic facades and interiors.  

POAH proposes to renovate the former Sacred Heart Rectory, School and Convent buildings under the provisions of the Affordable Housing Overlay (AHO).

POAH completed the AHO process in July 2022 and is now assembling financing in order to begin construction.

Click here to review the final advisory design review report issued by the Planning Board.

Existing Site: Buildings include the former Sacred Heart Rectory, School and Convent.

Proposed Redevelopment: 

  • 46 rental apartments

     

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49 6th Street Public Meetings:

Meeting        Date/Time  More Information
Planning Board Meeting  Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. June 28 Meeting Materials
Planning Board Meeting Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. April 5 Meeting Materials 
Community Meeting Wednesday, November 3, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. November 3 Meeting Flyer
Community Meeting Tuesday, July 27, 2021 at 6:00 p.m.

July 27 Meeting Flyer.