Boston panel approves six land votes, rescinds two Oxbow deals

Public Facilities 2026-08-02 clip5630 · Meeting of August 2, 2026

Boston facilities panel rescinds two Oxbow Urban housing deals, clears four land sales. The Public Facilities Commission, operating under a "rule of necessity" with only Commissioner Irish and Commissioner Romoli present, unanimously approved six Department of Neighborhood Development votes August 2, including conveyances of a Roxbury parcel to 24 WC Property Management LLC for $35,100 and a Dorchester parcel to Caldino B. Correa for $16,500.

Housing development officer Ryan Lundergan said Oxbow Urban LLC walked away from two multi-parcel Dorchester housing projects after construction costs rose roughly 20 percent, prompting rescission of 2017 designations covering ten parcels on Angel, Lorne, Helen, Wheatland and Norwell streets and Spencer Street. Commission legal counsel called the department's move to re-advertise before the rescission vote "the cart before the horse" and demanded a written memo documenting compliance with Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 30B, Section 16 before new designations return, expected in October.

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Source: the Public Facilities 2026-08-02 clip5630 meeting of August 2, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.