Current Owner:

Ruping Builders 

Proprietor: Gary H. Ruping

• Grandview Farm house and up to 3 existing family lots to be conveyed to the Town of Burlington.

• A portion of the site will be conveyed to South Middlesex Opportunity Council (SMOC).

• Additional open space.

Approximately 6 acres

Historic Grandview Farm house and land.

• Farm house to be renovated and preserved. 

• SMOC land to be developed into 48 affordable senior housing units maintained in perpetuity.

• Preserves historic town landmark.

• Creates several acres of open space near center of Town.

• Provides much-needed affordable housing units for seniors with preference to Burlington residents.

• Town gains revenue from impending sale of single-family lots.

• Mitigates the more intensive 105-unit residential development originally proposed.

• A portion of the barn structure will be used to replicate the 17th Century barn on the Francis Wyman site.

• Possible development proposals could require the demolition of the Grandview Farm house because it is not protected by the National Register of Historical Places.

• A single family residential development could be constructed under a subdivision approval by right on the One Family Dwelling (RO) Zoned property. 

The Gutierrez Company

• 6.7 acres to the Town of Burlington. 

• Approximately 6 acres will be retained by the Gutierrez Company as open space.

• Approximately 8 acres will be retained by The Gutierrez Company for office and parking use.

• Approximately 10 acres will be utilized by Ruping Builders for 144 market-rate housing units and 36 affordable senior housing units.

• Approximately 2 acres will be used as the new site for the existing Winn Street Towing operation.

32.7 acres

• Approximately 23.7 acres of vacant Single Family Dwelling (RO) Zoned property. 

• Approximately 9 acres of partially vacant General Industrial (IG) Zoned property currently occupied by the Winn Street Towing facility.

• Up to 170,000 square feet of first-class office space with associated structured parking; and some surface parking, to preserve as much open space as possible. 

• 144 market rate housing units

• 36 senior affordable housing units that will be maintained in perpetuity with preference to Burlington residents.

• Relocation of Winn Street Towing facility.

• The present Winn Street Towing facility will be relocated to the end of the cul-de-sac on Wall Street.

• Approximately 6.7 acres will be conveyed to the Town for conservation restrictions and preservation of a turtle habitat. No development will be permitted on this parcel.

• Town will receive 36 affordable units for its senior residents with a permanent rent restriction on the units.

• Character of Mountain Road neighborhood will be maintained by prohibiting vehicular access from the development onto Mountain Road. 

• Town will gain additional tax revenue and will have the ability to control all future development on the site.

• Construction of a parking structure for new office space will preserve more open space.

• Up to 170,000 square feet of office space on the General Industrial (IG) Zoned property (already approved by the Town Planning Board). Does not include plans for a parking structure.

• More intensive residential impacts as access to this development would be permitted via Mountain Road.

• A single family residential development could be constructed under a subdivision approval by right on the One Family Dwelling (RO) Zoned property. 

Town of Burlington

The Gutierrez Company

14.6 acres

Vacant

• Provision of an access easement to the abutting land- a 13-acre parcel under the authority of the Housing Authority (Abandoned portion of the Route 3 right-of-way).

• 159,000 square feet of first class office space.

• New office space will create additional job opportunities and tax revenues for the community.

• Access to abutting Housing Authority land could facilitate future residential development for the community.

• 159,000 square feet of first class office space within the current restrictions of the Zoning Bylaw.

The Gutierrez Company

Town of Burlington

1.08 acres

2 single-family houses

• To be determined by the Town. 

• Any future development projects on this Town-owned land would be controlled by Town residents.

• The Town acquires at no cost to the taxpayers two additional single family homes along South Bedford Street to potentially provide a first time home buyer option to Burlington residents or potentially sell off the lots.

Whatever uses are permitted under an RO Zoning (one family dwelling) designation or allowed by state law. 

The Gutierrez Company

Town of Burlington

3.3 acres

Vacant land

To be utilized as a buffer area for Glen Avenue and Glenvale Avenue residents.

• Will serve as a buffer from the 36-unit senior housing development near Wall Street. 

• Creates additional open/green space which can be added to the Little Brook Conservation area.

• Prevents any future development by putting control of land to the Town.

Whatever uses are permitted under an RO Zoning (one family dwelling) designation.