In the historic Boston neighborhood of Nubian Square, a wellspring of revitalization is replacing blighted areas with innovative community developments that seek to clean up the environment and provide affordable housing.
The $20 million, 60-unit Bartlett Station mixed-use apartment building and the $18.9-million, 50-unit LEED Silver-targeted Kenzi at Barlett Station senior housing development—affordable housing projects on a former brownfield sites—are examples of this trend. Engineers and architects are collaborating with developers to improve the neighborhood with a history of contamination and poor air quality caused by the former Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority bus and train maintenance facility.