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2025-04-01

Arx Urban closes on financing for affordable housing development in Chelsea

In partnership with Boston Communities, Arx Urban has broken ground on a new transit-oriented development of 62 affordable units in proximity to the city’s MBTA Commuter Rail station and five bus routes.

2024-12-07

525 LINC wins MAA New Construction Community of the Year

525 LINC received the 2024 Massachusetts Apartment Association (MAA) award recognizing design innovation and community impact in residential development.

2024-11-25

$58 Million loan refinances popular coliving building in Allston

FAM Asset Management, Arx Urban, and Boylston Properties, announced that they closed on a recapitalization with a $58M loan from Aareal Bank to refinance 525 LINC, a coliving development in the Allston neighborhood of Boston that opened its doors in January 2024

2024-11-12

Could Co-Living Be An Elixir for What’s Ailing Boston’s Affordable Rental Problem?

In the Real Reporter, Arx Urban's 525 Linc is highlighted as a model for the development of naturally occurring affordable housing.

2024-06-20

Arx Urban receives state funding award for 247 Hancock Street

The project will convert an underutilized car wash into a residential complex. This mixed-income, transit-oriented development will create 47 rental homes. 35 of the homes will be reserved for households with incomes ranging from 30% to 60% of the area median income.

2024-03-22

Wu Awards $69M for over 800 units of new mixed-income housing

The City of Boston awarded funding to Arx Urban and Boston Communities for the development of 47 new income-restricted apartments at 247 Hancock Street in Dorchester and 31 new income-restricted apartments at 4198 Washington Street in Roslidnale.

2024-03-01

Arx Urban and Boylston Properties open 525 LINC in Allston

Arx Urban and Boylston Properties opened 525 LINC, a 279-bed co-living/ graduate student housing community designed by HDS Architecture, offering a new housing typology in Allston.

2024-01-22

Healey-Driscoll Administration announces new affordable housing development across the state

Arx Urban and Boston Communities received an award for their 62-unit, mixed-income, transit-oriented development in Chelsea which will deliver deeply affordable, workforce and market rate housing (as well as community retail) in the heart of the city's commercial corridor.

2023-03-15

Roslindale apartment development wins ZBA's approval

Boston’s Zoning Board of Appeal approved a 31-unit apartment building in Roslindale on Tuesday, a project whose previous rejection by the board in 2021 drew heavy criticism from housing advocates. Of the 31 units, 19 would be income-restricted, an increase from the previous time the proposal appeared before the ZBA.

2023-02-23

Arx Urban unveils its fourth project on Hancock Street in Dorchester

Arx Urban has filed plans to redevelop a car wash at 247 Hancock Street in Dorchester with a six-story, 47-unit, mixed-income residential building. Arx Urban's proposed building would be its fourth project on Hancock Street and located immediately adjacent to the Meeting House.

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