Market Basket floats plan to add 162 apartments and new shops to its 30-acre property

A supermarket property in Chelsea, Massachusetts, could soon offer more than a place to buy groceries in a proposal to turn parking lots into housing and shops.

Market Basket floated plans to add 162 apartments and new retail space to its 30-acre site, bringing homes to an area largely dominated by parking.

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The conceptual proposal, presented in September, calls for two mixed-use buildings with structured parking plus three more retail buildings on the 30-acre Chelsea property, according to Boston.com.

Residents of the proposed apartments would have access to public transportation at the neighboring Chelsea commuter rail and Silver Line stops…

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