Menino: Development Projects Will Create 2,700 Jobs
BOSTON (CBS) - Boston's Redevelopment Authority has given the go-ahead on five key projects that will create thousands of new jobs.
The BRA approved a $69 million seafood processing center at Marine Industrial Park that Mayor Menino calls "long overdue."
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The plant, which is still subject to environmental and state review, will include cold storage and packing areas, a public seafood auction, and a public viewing area along Boston Harbor.
Harvard's $20 million innovation lab in Allston was also approved.
The BRA gave the green light on three residential projects, a 27-story tower in Chinatown, an 80-unit development in Dorchester's Uphams Corner, and a 265-unit development in Downtown Crossing.
In all, the city estimates the projects represent more the $470 million in private investment and will create 2,700 new jobs.
