104 Boston Post Road

104 Stony Brook LLC: 150 rental units on 2.1 acres

This proposed project by Berardi Properties and Layline Ventures LLC was reviewed by the Zoning Board of Appeals through the comprehensive permit public hearing process. The proposed project seeks to construct 150 rental units on 2.1 acres of land. The developer received site approval from MassHousing in February 2017 for a five-story building over a 2-story below-grade parking garage with 80 1-bedroom units, 55 2-bedroom units, and 15 3-bedroom units.  The existing historical Sibley House was proposed to be removed.

The Zoning Board of Appeals issued its final decision on this proposal on Oct. 23, 2017 and denied the permit for environmental and safety reasons. The decision is currently being appealed (as of 2019).

The comprehensive site application materials that were submitted to Mass Housing and the Zoning Board of Appeals, along with various documents from Town departments, boards and committees, and various consulting firms during the comprehensive permit hearings can be found below.  

Stony Brook

Comments from Town Boards/Committees to MassHousing

  1. Board of Selectmen Comments (PDF)
  2. Planning Board Comments (PDF)
  3. Board of Health Comments (PDF)
  1. Conservation Commission Comments (PDF)
  2. Affordable Housing Trust Comments (PDF)
  3. Historical Commission Comments (PDF)

MassHousing Application Documents Nov. 2016

  1. Letter of Notice
  2. 0.1 Cover Letter to MassHousing
  3. 0.2 Table of Contents
  4. 0.3 MassHousing Site Approval Application
  5. 1.1 Location Map
  6. 2.1 Existing Conditions Plan
  7. 3.1 Preliminary Site Layout Plans
  1. 4.1 Evidence of Site Control
  2. 5.1 New England Fund Lender Letter of Interest
  3. 6.1 Development Team Qualifications
  4. 7.1 Narrative of Prior Contact With Municipal Officers
  5. Preliminary Architectural Plans
  6. Preliminary Site Layout Plans

Comprehensive Permit Application Letters

  1. Comprehensive Permit Application to ZBA Feb. 22, 2017 (PDF)
  1. Site Approval Letter from MassHousing Feb. 21, 2017 (PDF)

March 2017 Project Updates

  1. 104 BPR - Preliminary Traffic & Access 3-10-17
  2. Stony Brook Revised Submission - 3-28-17
  3. Mass Historical Commission letter 3-31-17
  1. Stony Brook-Weston original submission Nov. 2016
  2. Civil Engineering - Site Development Plans 3-28-17

April 2017 Updates

  1. ZBA Meeting presentation 4.6.17
  2. FULL 104BPR 40B Drainage Report - April 18, 2017
  1. Drainage Report Cover Letter 4-18-17
  2. Conservation Commission memo 4-26-17

May 2017 Project Updates

  1. Road Safety Audit - May 2017
  2. Vannasse: Road Improvement Concept 5-2-17
  3. MassDOT Review of Traffic 5-2-17
  4. Peer Review Response Letter to Cambridge Water Dept. 5-5-17
  5. Drainage Report Cover Letter 5-5-17
  6. Revised - FULL 104 BPR 40B Drainage Report - May 5, 2017
  7. Vannasse: Transportation Updates 5-12-17
  1. 104 BPR Executive summary septic 5-12-17
  2. Nitsch Peer Review of Drainage Report 5-15-17
  3. Details of Detention System - Revised 05-16-2017
  4. Drainage Plan - Revised 5-16-2017
  5. Cambridge Water Dept. Supplemental Response 5-22-2017
  6. 104 BPR Landscape 5-30-17

June 2017 Project Updates

  1. Boring Logs and Plan - 6-5-17
  2. Planning Board Comments 6-7-2017
  3. MDM: Transportation Peer Review 6-12-2017
  4. Engineering Revisions - submit 6-14-2017
  5. Rev. Site Plans 6-15-2017
  6. Peer Review Response Letter to Cambridge Water Dept. 6-15-2017
  1. Revised 104 BPR 40B Drainage Report - 6-15-17
  2. List of Waivers 6-16-2017
  3. Vanasse: Traffic & Site Access Plans 6-19-17
  4. Peer Landscape Review 6-28-17
  5. Response to Landscape Plan Peer Review 6-29-17

July 2017 Project Updates

  1. Accident Data for Rt 20 at Sibley Road
  2. Unit Count and Summary
  3. Affordable Housing Trust letter May 8, 2017
  4. Vanasse: Transportation Impact Assessment - July 2017
  5. Vanasse: Response to Traffic Peer Review 7-6-17
  6. Allen & Major: Review Response 7-6-17
  7. Nitsch: Peer Review of Drainage Report 7-10-17
  8. Stantec: Safety Review of Wastewater Treatment Facility 7-14-17
  9. Conditional Approval for Proposed Stormwater Mgt. System 7-14-17
  1. Fire and Building Code Review 7-14-17
  2. City Cambridge: Proposed Conditions 7-17-2017
  3. Peer Landscape Review 7-19-17
  4. Peer Landscape Review Sketch 7-19-17
  5. Allen & Major: Revised Drainage Report 7-28-17
  6. Allen & Major: Revised Drainage and Site Plans 7-28-17
  7. Peer Landscape Review Response 7-28-17
  8. Allen & Major: Revised Drainage and Site Plans Letter 7-28-17

August 2017 Project Updates

  1. Exerpt State Sanitary Codes
  2. Board of Health Memo 12-22-2016: Environmental and Sanitary Codes
  3. MAPC Parking Review - August
  4. Parking System Details - August
  5. Peer Landscape Review Response 8-2-2017
  6. MDM: Transportation Peer Review Comments 8-3-2017
  7. School Committee Comments Re: Bus Stop 8-8-2017
  1. Stony Brook LLC: Waivers Request 8-9-17
  2. Allen & Major: Drainage and Landscape Plan Revision 8-11-17
  3. Allen & Major: Revised Drainage Report 8-11-17
  4. Allen & Major: Site Revisions Cover Letter 8-11-17
  5. Stormwater By-law Waiver Request 8-11-17
  6. Vanasse: supplemental traffic letter 8-28-2017
  7. Objection to Site Analysis Letter 8-29-2017

September 2017 Project Updates

  1. MDM Traffic Safety Concept Plan 9-5-2017
  2. Vanasse: Sibley Rd Parking Survey 9-6-2017
  3. Planning Board Site Analysis Memo 9-6-2017
  4. 104 Stony Brook Draft Comp Permit 9-7-2017
  1. Horsley Witten: Water Resource Impact Review 9-11-2017
  2. Chessia - Supplemental Design Review 9-11-2017
  3. Board of Selectmen Letter to ZBA 9-12-2017
  4. City of Cambridge Supplemental Response 9-13-2017

ZBA Final Decision

  1. ZBA Final Decision 10.23.2017