The town of Brookline is launching an effort to rezone its land on a half-mile of Route 9 from Hammond Pond Parkway to Dunster Road. Most of the property sits on the southern side of the heavily trafficked roadway, though a sliver is on the other side, not far from the Chestnut Hill Green Line stop.
The goal is to create significant new commercial development on the land, in order to pad the town’s tax coffers. Right now, it’s mostly home to older commercial properties, including a few office buildings with high vacancy as well as low-slung retail sites that host bank branches and the like. But the Newton side of the same section of Route 9 shows a different way forward.
Source: Brookline seeks to rezone Route 9 land to boost commercial development – Boston Business Journal
