Tag: foundry row
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Foundry Row’s Biotech Growth Is Reshaping the City’s Bottom Line, Budget Office Finds
A budget office report projects nearly $11 million in additional city tax revenue driven by Foundry Row’s biotech expansion, prompting a debate over whether to save the windfall or spend it on transit, housing and workforce priorities.
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$34 Million Appropriation Would Finish Foundry Row and West Bellwater Transit Segments
The city council voted 6-1 to approve a $34 million appropriation completing construction financing for the transit corridor’s West Bellwater and Foundry Row segments, with Cedar Hollow’s council member casting the lone no vote.
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Planning Department Launches Corridor-Wide Study of Mill Street
Bellwater’s planning department has launched a corridor-wide study of Mill Street, aiming to set consistent zoning and affordable-housing rules after lawsuits exposed gaps in project-by-project agreements.
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Kestrel Biologics Hits Its Hiring Target, With Help It Didn’t Expect to Need
Kestrel Biologics says it has nearly doubled its Bellwater workforce, hitting its two-year hiring target partly by absorbing technicians laid off by rival Ridgeline Therapeutics.
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After Twenty Years on Vale Avenue, the Millhouse Café Is Betting on Foundry Row
Vale Avenue’s Millhouse Café will open a second location near Foundry Row this fall, betting that the neighborhood’s growing biotech workforce can support a satellite of the downtown institution.
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Lawsuit Claims Foundry District Lofts Developer Broke City’s Affordable-Housing Deal
Lowertown tenants and a housing nonprofit are suing the developer behind the Foundry District Lofts, claiming it built far fewer income-restricted units than the city’s redevelopment agreement required.
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A Year After Reopening, Mill Street Diner Says Business Is Steadier Than Before the Fire
A year after reopening from a fire, the Mill Street Diner says weekday lunch revenue is up 15 percent, driven by nearby biotech workers, even as owner Denny Kowalski says he still refuses to open a second location.
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Bellwater Unveils Its Largest Public Art Installation Yet Along the Kestrel River
Nine new murals now line nearly a mile of the Kestrel River Greenway, the city’s largest public-art project yet, though the funding vote behind it remains a point of contention on the city council.
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Priced Out of Foundry Row, a Community of Artists Regroups in Cedar Hollow
Rising commercial rents have priced the 24-member Anvil Street Studios collective out of its longtime Foundry Row warehouse, sending most of the artists to a cheaper former factory space in Cedar Hollow while others scatter on their own.
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After Years of Delay, Bellwater Commits to a Bus Rapid Transit Corridor
The city council narrowly approved an $86 million bus rapid transit corridor linking West Bellwater to Foundry Row, but only after adding stronger affordable-housing requirements for new development along the route.