Somerville Breaks Ground on 319-Home Affordable Housing Project
SOMERVILLE — Developers are set to break ground this week on a 319-unit affordable housing project at the former Star Market site in Winter Hill, the most significant of several development and business items surfacing in local coverage over the past two days.
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"Somerville MA to break ground on 319 homes at former Star Market" — developers are set to break ground this week on an affordable housing project of 319 homes at the former Star Market site in the Winter Hill neighborhood, according to Wicked Local (read it at https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/news/local/2026/07/16/somerville-ma-winter-hill-neighborhood-will-break-ground-july-16-on-affordable-housing-project/90927531007/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjg3OTEzODc2OTg2MTYxMTY3NzIaMWQ2ZjY1YzNjOGY2NmIxMzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AOvVaw0Ho-ZTHW05hP-Qq4tXQl3V).
"Somerville Opens Applications For Affordable Union Square Apartments" — the city has opened applications for four rent-restricted apartments at a residential development in the Union Square neighborhood, Patch reports (read it at https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://patch.com/massachusetts/somerville/somerville-opens-applications-affordable-union-square-apartments&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNjg3OTEzODc2OTg2MTYxMTY3NzIaMWQ2ZjY1YzNjOGY2NmIxMzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AOvVaw1UNOyd4HQEHTGZIVydY_ip).
"Uncertainty for 2 historic theaters in Massachusetts amid building sale, business owners say" — the buildings housing the Somerville Theatre and Arlington's Capitol Theatre have gone up for sale, and venue operators say the sale leaves both theaters' futures uncertain, according to CBS News (read it at https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/somerville-theatre-capitol-arlington-sale/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTQ1ODg0MzYwNDM3NTI1MzQ4MTIaMjc1ODBkYWZiMmY3NjhlZTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AOvVaw3YV24Emr9osOIbhalvg4UI). Patch covered the same sale under the headline "Historic Theater Buildings In Arlington And Somerville Up For Sale" (read it at https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://patch.com/massachusetts/arlington/historic-theater-buildings-arlington-somerville-sale&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoTMTQ1ODg0MzYwNDM3NTI1MzQ4MTIaMjc1ODBkYWZiMmY3NjhlZTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AOvVaw2vmpSij9nHDI1xF6f-hXG_).
"Regional Coworking Company Returning To Somerville After Decade-long Absence" — a regional coworking company plans to reopen in Union Square, next to the MBTA Green Line station, after a decade-long absence from the city, according to Patch (read it at https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://patch.com/massachusetts/somerville/regional-coworking-company-returning-somerville-after-decade-long-absence&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoUMTA5ODMzNzQ4NDIyMjQ2MjQ1OTgyGjFkNmY2NWMzYzhmNjZiMTM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw14xj1he4LVUodTeEXt_ye9).
"Massage Business Abruptly Closes Somerville Location" — MassageLuXe's Somerville location at 345 Revolution Drive has permanently closed, according to Patch (read it at https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://patch.com/massachusetts/somerville/massage-business-abruptly-closes-somerville-location&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBSoUMTA5ODMzNzQ4NDIyMjQ2MjQ1OTgyGjFkNmY2NWMzYzhmNjZiMTM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw1eJQ7q6wsQSow03dEiB6tO).