TEMPLETON, MA — MPZ Development and Capstone Communities announced the successful closing of financing for the Baldwinville School Apartments, a redevelopment project that will transform the former Baldwinville Elementary School into 54 rental units. The project marks Templeton’s first multifamily housing development to be permitted in more than 25 years.

Boston — Less than a week after her State of the Commonwealth address in which she vowed to tackle rising housing costs, Governor Maura Healey today committed resources to support the production and preservation of more than 1,900 housing units in 19 communities across the state. 

TEMPLETON ― Developers and town officials are on the last step before being able to break ground on the Baldwinville School Apartments project.

In the past three years, town officials partnered with two Massachusetts based developers, MPZ Development, LLC and Capstone Communities, LLC, in efforts to meet the demand of affordable housing in the community.

BRIDGEWATER, MA – Capstone Communities LLC and MPZ Development LLC celebrated the groundbreaking of McElwain School Apartments, a mixed-income 57-unit apartment community located on Main St. The groundbreaking ceremony was held on October 12th at 250 Main St. McElwain School Apartments will serve the hard-working families and individuals who are looking for high quality and mixed-income housing in town. This type of mixed-income project is the first of its kind in the town offering multiple types of affordable housing options in both new construction and rehabilitated buildings.

TEMPLETON — Residents will have a chance to weigh in on a proposal to convert the former Baldwinville Elementary School building into a mixed-income housing complex. A presentation and public input session is scheduled to air on the TCTV YouTube channel at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, March 8. 

The proposed project to renovate the former school building and build an additional structure to house approximately 50 units of rental housing would represent a $20 million investment in the community and generate tax revenue for the first time ever, according to developer Mathieu Zahler, whose company, MPZ Development, is co-developing the project along with Capstone Communities.

Massachusetts Housing Partnership’s Susan Connelly, MPZ Development’s Mathieu Zahler and coUrbanize’s Karin Brandt discuss the ways online outreach tools can spur civic engagement and address community issues.

Affordable housing development is on everyone’s lips nowadays. Misconceptions make it hard for many developers across the country to get their projects approved by the members of the communities they want to build in. Sometimes, affordable housing projects are delayed, or even abandoned, because their developers can’t clearly communicate their intentions among opponents.