Medford Conservation Commission Continues Revere Beach Parkway Development Hearing to July 23

MEDFORD -- July 9, 2025, Medford Conservation Commission continues hearing on 352,400-square-foot Malden River redevelopment pending stormwater and planting revisions. The commission voted unanimously at its July 9 meeting to continue the Notice of Intent hearing for CPC Land Acquisition Company LLC's proposed six-story multifamily building at 97 and 99 Revere Beach Parkway, the former KISS 108 radio station site, to July 23, with revised materials due by the morning of July 21. Environmental planner Natty King of Fort Point Associates presented a mitigation package offering roughly a six-to-one ratio of restored riverfront area against the project's approximately 3,000-square-foot exceedance of existing degraded area. Commissioners raised unresolved concerns about the absence of on-site soil borings to document seasonal high groundwater levels required under Massachusetts stormwater standards, insufficient erosion control notation on existing catch basins, and the need for a stronger invasive species monitoring commitment of at least three growing seasons. Applicant representative Jack Englert said the project is at a "particularly sensitive" stage after a recently signed equity term sheet and asked the commission to act as quickly as possible. The MBTA, an abutter, sent a letter to the design team the day before the hearing, and the project still lacks a MassDEP file number.