87-101 Blanchard Road

B'nai B'rith Housing (BBH), a Greater Boston nonprofit housing developer, is proposing to create a new affordable housing development at 87-101 Blanchard Road in Cambridge. Located in the Cambridge Highlands neighborhood, the property currently contains a row of vacant commercial spaces. BBH intends on demolishing this existing building and replacing it with an approximately 100,000 square-foot, 6-story, L-shaped building consisting of 110 affordable senior units. This is BBH’s first development in Cambridge, but they have extensive experience building affordable senior housing in Boston. Physical amenities at the proposed development include a multi-purpose community space, office space for resident service counselors, and a bike storage room.

BBH plans to create this new housing under the provisions of the Affordable Housing Overlay (AHO).

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B'nai B'rith completed the AHO process in June 2024 and is in the process of assembling final financing needed to begin construction. For more information about the project, please visit BBH's website at https://bbhousing.org/listings/87-101-blanchard-road/.

87-101 Blanchard Road Public Meetings:

Meeting	Date/Time	More Information
Planning Board Meeting	June 4, 2024 at 6:30 p.m.	View the meeting materials.
Planning Board Meeting	January 30, 2024 at 6:30 p.m.	View the meeting materials.
Planning Board Meeting	January 23, 2024 at 6:30 p.m.	This meeting was postponed due to technical issues.
B'nai B'rith Community Meeting	November 9, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.	View the meeting flyer.
B'nai B'rith Community Meeting	October 4, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.	View the meeting flyer.

Existing Site: A strip of vacant two-story retail/office space and surface parking on the corner of Blanchard Road and Normandy Ave. on the Belmont line.

Proposed Redevelopment: A six-story building stepping down to 4 stories with 110 one bedroom units of service-enriched, affordable rental housing for seniors with 5000 sq.ft. of community space., including a fitness room, library, bike storage, and dedicated parking spaces for residents.