Golden Triangle Planning and Development District history

1975 CRA secures $15 million grant from grant from HUD towards completion of the project; Environmental Impact Study commences.

Status as a nonprofit corporation was established in the 1976 Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation, with the primary purpose of lessening the burdens of the affiliated county governments.

1978 HUD approves EIS; CRA selects Boston Properties as developer for Parcels 3 and 4 (land south of Broadway, the Triangle).

1980 Construction begins on the first building of a 13-story, 243,426 square-foot office building with ground-floor retail at Five Cambridge Center.

1984 Construction on 78,636 square-foot, 4-story office building at Eleven Cambridge Center for the headquarters of the Open Software Foundation completed in June; construction completed on Nine Cambridge Center (Whitehead Institute) in summer.

1988 Construction completed by CRA on major transit plaza between One and Three Cambridge Center, providing setting for outdoor dining and scheduled activities, owned by CRA and programmed and maintained by Boston Properties.

1993 CRA approves construction on 148,228 square-foot, 6-story biotechnology lab and office building at Twelve Cambridge Center commences by Biogen, under terms of ground lease with Boston Properties; Planning Board and City Council on Zoning and Urban Renewal Plan Amendments.

1997 Construction commences in November on 187,474 square-foot, 15-story, 221-room hotel at Six Cambridge Center, to be operated as Residence Inn by Marriott.

2000 Building moratorium adopted by the City of Cambridge; City undertakes comprehensive study of land use.

2002 CRA convenes an advisory ground known as the Housing and Open Space Coalition, with a charge to present to the Authority recommendations for Parcel 1; approval by the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs and Department of Housing and Community Development of Parcel 3 development (i.e.

2004 Biogen announces plan to proceed with expansion of Twelve Cambridge Center; Board of Zoning Appeals approves variances to allow Boston Properties to proceed with Seven Cambridge Center for the Broad Institute and a parking garage.

2006 Congressional approval of a $750,000 appropriation for street improvements in Kendall Square; and $1 million for open-space development.

2009 Funds from an earlier earmark were transferred to improvements on Broadway identified by the City of Cambridge.

2011 The Cambridge Planning Board and the City Council approve a zoning amendment increasing the allowed GFA for lab space by 300,000 square feet.

MXD District Signage Review (September 2014)

As of December 21st, 2015, City Council passed a major amendment to the KSURP in order to accommodate additional development planned for by the City of Cambridge's K2 Planning Process.