Malden Officials: Pleasant Street Is Now Officially Open

Malden MA

08 June, 2020

5:17 PM

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MALDEN, MA—You can all it a sign of progress. Pleasant Street in Malden official opened to traffic Monday morning. City officials celebrated the opening with a parade of vehicles passing through a large red ribbon. "I am hoping that we can make this a truly bicycle and pedestrian friendly zone as Malden joins the rest of Massachusetts in reopening safely over these next few weeks," Ward 3 Councillor Amanda Linehan said. "There is a painted bike lane in front of city hall and bike parking inside the building, which will be opening for public meetings and city services soon." Properties that were once home to Malden City Hall and the Malden Police Station are being transformed into a unique 100 percent market rate, mixed-use project on the site where the Malden Government Center complex once stood. Jefferson Apartment Group (JAG) is redeveloping this site into "Jefferson at Malden Center," a transit-oriented development that will reconnect Malden's primary retail street—Pleasant Street—with the MBTA Station at Malden Center. This property, located in the Housing Development Incentive Program (HDIP) zone approved by the City and the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development, has received a Tax Increment Exemption Agreement from the City. To learn more, click here. Video of Pleasant Street officially reopening Monday: