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LOCATION

New Neighborhood Includes a Waterfront Park, New Orange Line T Station, Shops, Restaurants, Entertainment Venues, Residential and Office

 

What:

Please join us for a formal groundbreaking ceremony celebrating the start of retail/residential construction on Phase I of the largest mixed-use, transit-oriented, smart growth development project on the eastern seaboard. Assembly Row is taking shape on the Mystic riverfront as Somerville's newest neighborhood.

Who:  

Speakers include:         

Don Briggs, President, Federal Realty Boston

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, Mayor of Somerville

Secretary Gregory Bialecki, Mass. Secretary of Housing and Economic  Development

Secretary Jay Gonzalez, Mass. Secretary of Administration and Finance

Secretary Richard K. Sullivan Jr., Mass. Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs

Jonathan R. Davis, Acting General Manager, MBTA

Scott Dale, Senior Vice President Development, Avalon Bay Communities, Inc.

When:

10:30 a.m., Monday April 30, 2012

Where:

Assembly Square, Corner of Foley Street and Assembly Square Drive, Somerville, MA 02145


Event Documents

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Location

Cost:

FREE


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