hotels Archives - Cambridge | Somerville Independent

Cambridge gives final approvals for a hotel on the Somerville line and its linking of community paths

by Marc Levy October 22, 2026

A 145-room hotel straddling the Cambridge-Somerville line at McGrath Highway can go forward now that it has Cambridge’s Board of Zoning Appeal approvals.

NEWS

Cambridge meetings, Oct. 12-19: Cutting sewage spills and chronic student absenteeism

by Marc Levy October 11, 2026

Take part in meetings on ending sewage spills from rains, chronic student absenteeism, a Moxy Hotel seeking permitting and what’s next for the K-Lo building.

DEVELOPMENT

Hotel developer seeks size to pay for unknown ‘Pit’ contamination in a suddenly twice-as-troubled Teele Square

by Marc Levy October 1, 2026

Developers faced questions about how they justified the size of a proposed eight-story, 99-room Hilton hotel, but also a new, easier standard for permitting under state law.

NEWS

Somerville meetings, Sept. 28-Oct. 5: The Pit-replacing Teele Square hotel project returns to the agenda

by Marc Levy September 27, 2026

Take part in meetings on a Teele Square hotel project, updates on homelessness policies and what spaces in Somerville are available for public use, including private space.

DEVELOPMENT

Harriet Jacobs House hotel plan that has support from neighbors nearly turns into their all-condo ‘nightmare’

by Marc Levy September 25, 2026

Exasperated developers at the Harriet Jacobs House in Harvard Square nearly walked away from a hotel-and-homes project that had finally won over its neighbors.

NEWS

Cambridge meetings, Sept. 14-21: A half-million dollars to make up for federal cuts to food aid (corrected)

by Marc Levy September 13, 2026

Take part in meetings on handling growing hunger, the Healthpeak neighborhood project and changes to the city's multifamily zoning ordinance.

NEWS

Somerville meetings, June 15-22: Somerville Avenue bike lanes and crunch time for budgeting

by Marc Levy June 14, 2026

Take part in meetings on Somerville Avenue bike lanes, a financing miscellany and $376.8 million operating budget and school funding legal conflict.

DEVELOPMENT

Moxy Hotel project is moving forward on the city line with 145 guest rooms

by Marc Levy June 12, 2026

The six-story Moxy Hotel is 145 rooms, down from the 199-room AC Hotel proposed in 2023 – though the first permits were in 2017.

BUSINESS

Cambridge Common House opens, a boutique flagship for a Harvard Square stay

by Marc Levy May 4, 2026

A 16-room lodging house called Cambridge Common House is opened on Garden Street, updating an 1880 “gathering place for students, artists and intellectuals.”

NEWS

Somerville meetings, April 13-20: Displacement and affordability, a change of use in Union Square

by Marc Levy April 12, 2026

Take part in meetings on finances for the school district, displaced people and creation of affordable homes and a wish not to build Union Square offices.