You’ve been watching Arlington 360 rise on the hill where Symmes Hospital used to be, and you wonder: What will it costs to rent there and have a view of Boston?
Here’s the word from Jake Upton of Upton & Partners, managing the largest housing project in town history. Rental units range from $1,975 to $3,600 a month, depending on the size. Here’s the breakdown (all are starting prices monthly):
Studios, from $1,975;
One-bedrooms, from $2,140;
One-bedrooms with den, from $2,415;
Two-bedrooms, from $2,650;
Two-bedrooms with den, from $2,880;
Three-bedrooms, from $3,500;
Three-bedrooms with den, from $3,600; and
Two-level townhomes, from $2,955.
To see what the developers, Upton and the Jefferson Apartment Group, expect the units to look like, see Arlington 360’s marketing website here >>
If you want to rent from among 164 units, learn about that here >> and see floor plans here >>
Want to buy? Twelve townhomes are available. Click here >>
To see a 360 gallery, click here >>
Prices ranges for purchased units
After YourArlington talked to Coldwell Banker representatives, the townhomes went on the market in early June, with prices ranging from $599,000 to $649,000, depending on number of bedrooms and location.
In a tour of the site in August, Upton said townhomes would be ready for occupancy in mid-October, and some rental units could be sooner than that.
During the tour, Upton pointed to a new T-Mobile antenna atop one of the high-rise units. When all is ready, he said, then the tall tower, on site since 2007, will come down.
Reviewing the ups and downs the project has experienced since 2001, he said all parties involved “have been able to work through disagreements” and that each stage of the process has resulted in improvements to the project.
He said the one key improvement, pushed by neighbors, was reducing the height of the buildings.
Overall, he said, Arlington 360 will aid the town financially via tax revenue.
He said 360 is now “more of a place … “a real part of the community.”
Brightview may be ready in February
He said Brightview, the assisted-living facility next to the woods on the lower part off the hill, remained about four months behind 360 and is expected to be substantially completed in February.
As the marketing of the housing units ramps up, so does the marketing of Arlington itself. You can see it in the text and slide show in this link >>
As dramatic changes on the hill continue, some of the lesser ones include street names.
As of Sept. 5, the sign at Summer Street for the way up to the homes as well as Brightview assisted living still said Hospital Road, but it has been officially renamed Symmes Road. The short road at the top of the site that connects Symmes Circle and Woodside Lane, at the site’s rear, has officially been renamed Old Hospital Way.
Laura Wiener, the town’s housing director in the planning office, said in May that among the rentals are 26 affordable units. In August, she said she expected more details to be available in the fall.
