Boston Public Facilities Commission Unanimously Approves Six Votes on Contracts and Housing

BOSTON — November 19, 2025 — Boston's Public Facilities Commission approved six votes at its November 19 meeting, covering a $7,037,800 contract amendment, two library projects, and affordable housing actions. The commission voted unanimously — Commissioner Larry Momoli and Commissioner Donald Wright both in favor on all six items — to increase Sasaki Architects PC's contract for the City Hall Plaza Phases 1 and 2 renovation at 1 City Hall Square to a total not-to-exceed $16,188,547. A second unanimous vote approved a $1,121,704 amendment to UTL Inc.'s design contract for the South End Library at 685 Tremont Street, with work to close out by October 25, 2028. On the Mayor's Office of Housing side, the commission approved a 24-month extension for Preservation of Affordable Housing Inc. and CAST Capital LLC to continue developing a mixed-use affordable housing and library branch at 151 Cambridge Street in the West End, a conveyance of a South End condo at 735 Harrison Ave for $345,000 to first-time homebuyers Leah Medin and Connor Sullivan, a transfer of three Roxbury parcels to the Boston Police Department for parking, and a second developer designation extension for ODJ Dev LLC's 48-unit affordable homeownership project on 11 vacant parcels in Mission Hill, with construction targeted for summer 2026.