REOPENED APPLICATION

On March 2, 2026, the Board voted to approve the amendment to Special Permit Docket #3673. The decision will be filed with the Town Clerk and posted here as soon as it is available, at which point the 20-day appeals period will begin.

This decision concerns the reopening of Special Permit Docket #3673, for 2-14 Medford Street, LLC, 455 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 1, Arlington, MA 02474, to modify the plans approved by the Board on October 25, 2021, for the property located at 455-457 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington, MA, in the B3 Village Business District. The Arlington Redevelopment Board (ARB) reviewed and approved the amendment to the Special Permit in accordance with the provisions of MGL Chapter 40A § 11, and the Town of Arlington Zoning Bylaw Sections 3.3, Special Permits, and 3.4, Environmental Design Review.

A Public Hearing was opened on December 15, 2025, continued to February 9, 2026, and further continued to February 23, 2026. Because the February 23 meeting was cancelled due to weather, the hearing was continued to March 2, 2026.

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, Monday through Wednesday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm; Thursday, 8:00 am to 7:00 pm; and Friday, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm, or viewed below.

Materials:

• Facade rendering -2/13/26
• Legal Notice
• EDR Memo - 12/11/25
• EDR Memo - 2/5/26
• EDR Memo - 2/19/26

ORIGINAL APPLICATION

Environmental Design Review Special Permit Docket #3673 granted to 2-14 Medford Street, LLC, 455 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 1, Arlington, MA, 02474, to convert a portion of existing ground floor retail to a residential lobby and second floor office spaces to residential units at 455-457 Massachusetts Avenue and adding a second floor to a one-story brick commercial structure at 2-14 Medford Street, consolidating two buildings into one mixed-use building in the B3 Village Business District. The proposed building will be a two-story mixed-use structure; the structure encompasses multiple addresses: 4 Medford Street, 6 Medford Street, 8 Medford Street, 10 Medford Street, 12 Medford Street, 14 Medford Street, 449 Massachusetts Avenue, 451 Massachusetts Avenue, 455 Massachusetts Avenue, 457 Massachusetts Avenue, and 463 Massachusetts Avenue. The 13 residential units are comprised of one (1) studio and 12 one-bedroom rental residential units and will include two (2) deed-restricted affordable rental units per section 8.2 of the Zoning Bylaw. Public hearings were held on September 27, 2021, and October 25, 2021.

VOTE: The ARB voted (4-0) to approve Docket #3673 on Oct. 25, 2021.

Decision

ARB Decision 

Initial Submission

• Legal Notice
• Application Materials
• Plan Set (color, full size)
• Site Plans

Updated Submission for 10/25/21 

• Applicant response to ARB comments
• Revised plan set dated 10/19/21
• Revised site plan set, dated 10/18/21