Matters ▸ Attachment
fy2014followup — File 196012
COMPARISON OF STATE FORM LA-4 FY 2013 & 2014
USE CODE
DESCRIPTION
FY 2013
FY 2014
FY 2013
FY 2014
PARCEL COUNT
PARCEL COUNT
ASSESSED VALUE
ASSESSED VALUE
101 SINGLE FAMILY
2,361
2,359
$985,771,600
$1,102,374,000
102 CONDOMINIUM
4,379
4,589
$1,417,769,100
$1,551,117,500
104 TWO FAMILY
5,274
5,244
$2,610,031,800
$2,776,305,300
105 THREE FAMILY
2,367
2,352
$1,322,562,900
$1,406,724,800
109 2 OR MORE RES. BUILDINGS/1 LOT
70
69
$46,732,200
$49,872,800
111-125
APARTMENTS 4+
662
662
$734,224,600
$793,143,100
130-132,106 VACANT RES. LAND
194
187
$9,430,800
$10,005,400
300-393
COMMERCIAL
609
608
$770,721,800
$930,352,600
400-452
INDUSTRIAL
121
112
$273,007,500
$331,988,000
012-043
MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL
262
256
$166,723,502
$204,784,449
MIXED USE COMMERCIAL
$72,521,098
$89,954,551
501-508
PERSONAL PROPERTY
1,356
1,345
$185,838,150
$199,049,900
TOTAL REAL & PERSONAL PROPERTY VALUE
17,655
17,783
$8,595,335,050
$9,445,672,400
900-990
EXEMPT REAL ESTATE
390
407
$1,189,749,000
$1,272,271,900
Major contributors to FY 2014 Growth:
-Condo growth up due to an almost doubling on the number of units added from FY 2013,
from 120 units to 210 units for FY 2014. Highest growth numbers of the total $36 mil. in
valuation was from:
-60 Clyde St., $4.9 mil.
-16-42 Weston Ave. $4.2 mil.
-65 Beacon St. $1.7 mil
-100 Fellsway West $1.7 mil.
-270 Cedar St. $1.4 mil.
-65 School St. & 63-67 Summer St. $1.2 mil.
Note that 65 units of the total 210 added for FY 2014 were from new construction while 145
were due to conversion.
-Multi-Family growth was $7.5 mil. with over $3 mil. due to Max Pak.
-“All others” includes the residential portion of mixed use with total growth of $29.5 mil.
and $27.8 mil. due to Assembly Square.
-Commercial totaled $42 mil. which included:
-DIF blocks at Assembly were $28.8 mil.
-133 Middlesex Ave. $5.7 mil. (mall)
-50 Middlesex Ave. $3.7 mil. (records storage)
-105 Alewife Brk. Pkwy. $1.3 mil (Stop and Shop)
-Personal Property totaled $44.9 mil and included:
-NStar Electric $8.9 mil
-50 Inner Belt Rd. (Carbonite) $7.9 mil.
-NStar Gas Co. $3.0 mil.
-70 Inner Belt Rd. (Computer Services Corp.) $1.5 mil.
-35 McGrath Hwy., (Eagle Investment) $1.5 mil.
-70 Inner Belt Rd. (Pioneer Investment) $1.1 mil.
-Boston Gas Co. $1.0 mil.
-70 Inner Belt Rd. (Compuware Corp) $1.0 mil.
-DirecTV $1.0 mil.
High end rents:
Income & expense information submitted to the Board of Assessors by landlords is
confidential and cannot be shared with the public. However, we were able to find some
rental information on several different web sites.
Rents at Maxwell’s Green were found on www.forrent.com.
Apt. type
# bdrms.
Baths
Sq. ft.
Price range
Studio
Studio
1
495-655
$1915-$2220
1 bdrm
1
1
764-800
$2595
1 bdrm + den
1
1
795-875
$2610-$2780
2 bdrm
2
2
974-1198
$3000-$3385
2 bdrm + den
2
2
966-1169
$3025-$3590
3 bdrm
3
2
1164
$3774-$3775
3 bdrm twnhse
3
2
1395-1420
$4054-$4055
Rents at Avalon at Assembly Row were found on www.avaloncommunities.com
Beds
Rent
Sq. ft.
Studio
$2260 & up
451-541
1 Bedroom
$2480 & up
704-943
2 Bedroom
$2605 & up
1089-1554
3 Bedroom
$4300 & up
1886
Rents for storage at 50 Middlesex Ave. were found on www.publicstorage.com and include
5’ X 10’ at $102/mo., 10’ X 10’ at $120/mo., 10’ X 25’ at $165/mo., and 10’ X 30’ at
$190/mo. (other options available).
Office and retail rental information could not be found on the web. Highest office rents in
the City for calendar 2012 were generally found in Davis Sq. at between $40 and $45 per sq.
ft. Highest retail rents during the same period were also generally found in Davis Sq.
running between $30 and $35 per sq. ft. (from income & expense information provided by
Somerville property owners).