Dan McCaffery

Belmont Village founder Patricia Will said, "There's a huge need" for senior housing in the city.

The Lincoln Common development also will install a pedestrian canopy over Fullerton Avenue this week.

The project will close down Lincoln Avenue next week for installation of the crane.

The developer said it's impossible to predict just how bad the rat problem will be.

Though crews will begin abatement work this week, the first building won't come down until April.

McCaffery's CEO said he still wants to buy the 589-acre site if U.S. Steel is willing to sell.

Two neighborhood groups are still appealing a court ruling to block the project.

2014 was a year of construction and a development boom in the neighborhoods.

Notification of nearby property owners is at issue in the latest step of the hospital redevelopment.

The project would also include mixed-income housing and shopping centers, the developer said.

The full City Council vote moves the $350 million plan forward.

The plan now heads to the City Council's Zoning Committee, which meets next week.

Ald. Michele Smith on Monday night announced the plans, including a scaled-back third building.

The proposed height and density of buildings in the development remained a concern for some groups.