Overview
- The joint venture completed the key land purchase on June 30 and now controls or has rights to roughly 1,300 of the 1,400 acres at the former South Weymouth Naval Air Station.
- The developers have branded the plan The Base and are proposing about 6,500 homes plus roughly 2 million square feet of commercial and retail space.
- The partners say initial infrastructure work will begin this fall and that a final environmental impact report for a 6.7-mile MWRA water pipeline is expected by year-end with the pipeline potentially built by 2031.
- State and local officials have committed more than $35 million for water, sewer and road upgrades, including a $32.5 million grant to Weymouth, and the three towns and the legislature have approved zoning changes needed for larger-scale development.
- The project envisions preserving about 880 acres for open space and recreation and promises jobs and new tax revenue but faces a phased, multi‑decade buildout and unresolved permitting, financing and cost uncertainties.