Boston PFC Approves Six Land and Grant Actions Including Mission Hill Project Rescission

BOSTON — July 22, 2026 — Boston's Public Facilities Commission approved six land and grant actions at its July 22 meeting, including a decade-ending rescission of a Mission Hill development that fell apart over cost overruns. The commission, chaired by Catherine Craven and joined by commissioners Larry Momoli and J.C. Burton, voted unanimously on all six items presented by the Department of Neighborhood Development. Among the approvals: a $50,000 Metropolitan Area Planning Council climate resiliency grant to Boston Food Forest Coalition Incorporated; the transfer of a 5,833-square-foot East Boston parcel to Parks and Recreation for coastal resilience redesign of Porzio Park; the transfer of a 109,675-square-foot Mattapan parcel to the Conservation Commission for permanent preservation as an urban wild; and the $100 conveyance of a Roxbury lot to Dudley Economic Empowerment Partners for a YouthBuild Boston workforce training workshop. The commission also extended Reese Larkin Development LLC's tentative designation for seven Highland Street parcels — proposing 23 affordable cooperative units — from 36 to 48 months, and rescinded all prior votes tied to Sebastian Mariscal Studio Incorporated's 11-parcel Mission Hill project, which collapsed after soil remediation and construction cost increases made it financially infeasible following eight years of development work.