North Massachusetts Avenue and Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA

If you're planning a national chain, franchise, or formula retail concept on Cambridge Street, you'll now need a special permit — adding cost, time, and approval risk to any ground-floor commercial deal on this corridor.

Cambridge is amending Article 17.000 of its Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map to update active use requirements along North Massachusetts Avenue and Cambridge Street, and to impose a special permit requirement for Formula Businesses on Cambridge Street.