Andrew Consigli (in colorful shirt), John Pugh (with scissors) and Taylor Bearden of Civico Development cut the ribbon to mark the official opening of Oriole Landing. See more photos below. (Photos by Allen Vander Meulen)
Lincoln leaders, neighbors, and potential tenants of Oriole Landing gathered on July 16 for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Lincoln’s new mixed-income housing project.
Andrew Consigli, managing partner at Civico Development, thanked the town and Lincoln’s leadership and administrative staff for the support and guidance provided over the course of the two-and-a-half-year project, which won approval at Town Meeting in March 2018.
In 2018, though neighbors spoke out against another big construction project in North Lincoln, town officials urged approval so Lincoln could avoid having to accommodate a much larger 40B affordable housing project. Developers can circumvent town zoning restrictions for a project of that type if less than 10 percent of the town’s housing stock is affordable according to the 2020 census, and Lincoln was projected to be about nine units short at that time. Fifteen of the Oriole Landing’s 60 units are deed-restricted as affordable according to state guidelines.
Eight tenants have already moved in and leases have been signed for 30–40% of the available units, including 13 of the 15 affordable units, Consigli said. Management expects to lease all units within the next three months.
This is the sixth overlay-district development that the town has approved since 1986. The others are Lincoln Woods, Battle Road Farm, Lincoln North, the Minuteman Inn (which was never built), Minuteman Commons, and The Commons in Lincoln.
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