By Jay Fitzgerald – A blog about Boston, Hub of the Universe, and everything else.


Permitting hell: It took how long to build a Stoneham apartment complex?

The BBJ reports on the opening of a new 259-unit apartment complex in Stoneham – a project that took 11 years and one month to come to fruition. The permitting challenges included the usual: 40B appeals, stormwater and wetlands concerns, etc., etc. … I’m not sure if it’s a NIMBY-delay record. But it has to rank up there. … California’s rollback of its environmental laws does pop to mind. 

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