Boys & Girls Club expansion and housing replacement at 9 Cedar Street
Summary
Avesta's 29-unit, all-affordable building will replace units demolished for the Boys & Girls Club expansion, keeping affordable homes in the same neighborhood. Design tweaks added more two-bedroom family units after the June workshop.
At a glance
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Last discussed Jul 14, 2026.
Impact analysis
No city funding at issue here, but the project's financing gap comes before the City Council next week through a CHIP application.
Low-income families and residents needing affordable two-bedroom units in the Bayside neighborhood.
Neighbor George Rowe argued the site offers no safe outdoor space for children and that the split review shortchanged the housing replacement ordinance process.
Mentions & discussions (2)
Planning Board - Jul 14, 2026
Avesta's 29-unit, all-affordable building will replace units demolished for the Boys & Girls Club expansion, keeping affordable homes in the same neighborhood. Design tweaks added more two-bedroom family units after the June workshop.
Planning Board - May 12, 2026
The Boys & Girls Club doubles its Portland clubhouse with a teen-focused expansion, but 25 apartments come down to make room. The replacement units will be built by Avesta at 19 Cedar Street — an arrangement one resident attacked as an improper outsourcing of the housing replacement obligation.
Related development
19 Cedar Street Major Site Plan
Adds 29 affordable apartments — many two-bedroom — to Bayside, replacing units lost to the Boys & Girls Club expansion next door.
Boys & Girls Club of Southern Maine Expansion
Doubles the clubhouse's youth capacity but removes 25 apartments, whose replacement is tied to the separate 30-unit Avesta project at 19 Cedar Street.
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