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By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — The first new building in the city’s downtown in nearly two decades is starting to take shape.A 25,000-square-foot mixed-use residential and retail development is currently under construction at 47-49 Cottage St. by Five Star Building...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — A proposed 15-unit condominium complex on Loudville Road is drawing some concerns from property abutters, who are worried about density of the development, lack of privacy, effects on water pressure, construction impacts, and nearby...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — After a year of public hearings, back-and-forth with traffic engineers on a proposed intersection and discussion with community stakeholders, the Planning Board voted to approve a proposed multimillion-dollar retail and housing...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — As the Planning Board nears a decision on the proposed multimillion dollar retail and housing complex at the former Tasty Top site off Route 10, a roundabout is now being considered to handle an expected increase in traffic, as opposed...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — The developer proposing a multimillion dollar housing and retail complex at the former Tasty Top site on Route 10 has secured an agreement to purchase two lots opposite of the proposed project, as part of an effort to create a four-way...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — The developer proposing a controversial multimillion dollar retail and housing complex off Route 10 at the former Tasty Top site is making a pitch for the creation of a new four-way signalized intersection to handle the increase in...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — A prime piece of property in the heart of downtown, vacant for four years, is set to go up for sale this fall.The city plans to sell the former site of the Hampshire County Register of Deeds at 33 King St. to a third party to build a new...

By MADDIE FABIAN

BOSTON — Food access and insecurity, farmland and economic development top the list of priorities for the current legislative session for the Food System Caucus, one of the largest caucuses in the Massachusetts Legislature that’s co-chaired by Sen....

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — The city is looking for residents to weigh in on how to improve vehicle and pedestrian safety around the Pleasant Street mills district. In an effort to help establish a vision for the future of the district, a community meeting will be...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — The City Council has accepted a $30.4 proposal from a Needham firm to redevelop the city’s three former elementary schools into more than 60 units of mixed-income housing, though the New York City nonprofit that lost out on the project...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — A Needham developer’s $30.4 million pitch to transform the city’s three former elementary schools into 61 units of mixed-income housing and preserving Pepin Gym and auditorium for community use has emerged as the favorite reuse plan for...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — The former classrooms inside the three 100-year-old elementary school buildings could one day become the living quarters of city residents based on the three redevelopment proposals pitched for the buildings.The City Council declared the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — A new hotel on Route 5 in West Hatfield, accompanied by self-storage units, appears to be on track to being approved by town planners after no significant objections were raised at a recent public hearing on the project.While the Planning...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — The roughly 100 people who showed up Tuesday night to share their thoughts and listen to updated plans for a proposed $26-$30 million mixed-use residential and commercial center at the former Tasty Top site off Route 10 will have to wait...

By Chad Cain

HOLYOKE — The ambitious, $61 million effort to reopen the Broadway-style Victory Theatre moved $2 million closer to becoming reality this week after the city made a significant commitment of American Rescue Plan Act money for the project in its...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — The public on Tuesday night had its initial chance to weigh in on plans for a massive multimillion-dollar redevelopment of the old Tasty Top site that could dramatically alter the Route 10 corridor in the city.Though some residents...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — A Westfield developer is proposing an estimated $26 million to $30 million mixed-use residential and commercial center at the former Tasty Top site on Route 10. The proposed development at 93-97 Northampton St., which is tentatively...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Two sites in the East Amherst village center, including a vacant school building, will be developed into a $27 million, 70-apartment affordable housing project by Way Finders Inc., a Springfield nonprofit housing organization.Amherst...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — Residents who live in six Easthampton Housing Authority properties will soon decide whether to form a tenants organization to represent them — a move that, if successful, would be the first such organization formed since the housing...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY – A three-story storage building proposed to be built on 4.2 acres of farmland on South Maple Street is nearing approval from the Planning Board.For Ideal Movers and Storage to construct the 96,500-square-foot temperature-controlled building,...

By GRETA JOCHEM

NORTHAMPTON — Rue Walther moved to the Bay State Village neighborhood in 2004, drawn to it in part because she could afford it. She bought an 840-square-foot home for $185,000.She knew her next-door neighbor had a large lot, but when it was sold, she...