840-846 MASSACHUSETTS AVE, 17 NEWMAN WAY
LEGAL NOTICE
Public Hearing, Arlington Redevelopment Board
Docket #3883, 840-846 Massachusetts Ave,
17 Newman Way
Notice is herewith given that an application has been filed on December 15, 2025, by HCA 840-846 MA Ave LLC (wholly owned by Housing Corporation of Arlington), 252 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington, MA, to open Special Permit Docket #3883 in accordance with the provisions of the Town of Arlington Zoning Bylaw Section 5.8.3, Site Plan Review. The site consists of two apartment buildings with a total of 57 residential units and one two-family dwelling. The applicant proposes to preserve the two apartment buildings and construct a new six-story building with 28 affordable residential units and one commercial unit at 840 Mass Ave, and demolish the two-family dwelling to construct a three-story building with 12 affordable residential units at 17 Newman Way, for a total of 97 residential units and one commercial unit on the properties located at 840-846 Mass Ave, in the R6 Apartments Medium Density District and Mass Ave/Broadway Multi-Family Housing Overlay District, and 17 Newman Way, Arlington, MA, located in the R2 Two-Family District and the Neighborhood Multi-Family Housing Overlay District.
A Public Hearing will be held on Monday, January 26, 2026, at 7:30 pm, Arlington Community Center, Main Hall, 27 Maple Street, Arlington, MA.
Plans may be viewed at the Department of Planning and Community Development on the first floor of the Town Hall Annex, 730 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA, during office hours (Mon-Wed, 8:00-4:00; Thu, 8:00-7:00; Fri, 8:00-12:00), or at arlingtonma.gov/arb.
Arlington Redevelopment Board
Rachel Zsembery
Chair
AD#11945290
Advocate & Star 1/8, 1/15/2026