Big ass project in East Boston won approval today.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/25/business/after-marathon-meeting-bpda-gives-key-approval-massive-suffolk-downs-project/Boston Planning & Development Agency early Friday gave a crucial green light to the massive Suffolk Downs redevelopment project, which will eventually bring 10,000 new homes, millions of square feet of office buildings, and 40 acres of parks to the former horse track straddling East Boston and Revere.
Some spoke in support of the project, including a series of union construction workers — many of them East Boston residents. They cited the huge number of jobs the $8 billion project will create, and particularly agreements by developer HYM Investment Group to hire and train young East Boston residents for construction work on a project that will likely take 20 years to build.