Renovations were funded by developer BXP and the MIT Investment Management Company in coordination with the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority. Since 2020, private development has invested about $60 million in the Kendall/MIT station, state officials said.

Kendall/MIT station improvements are now complete in Boston, with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority joining project partners and state and local government officials at a June 26 ceremony to mark the work. The outbound Kendall Square MBTA Headhouse on Main Street after renovation. Photo: Cambridge Redevelopment Authority / BXP

Kendall/MIT Station on the Red Line

A popular farmers market coffee seller gets a brick-and-mortar cafe, Momma’s Grocery + Wine expands from North Cambridge with a soft-serve ice cream specialty and an eco-friendly Somerville housewares and bath and body shop fulfills a mission with bulk buys, all coming in November with the opening of 1175 Cambridge St., in the Wellington-Harrington neighborhood near Inman Square.

The Kendall/MIT Red Line station just got the kind of makeover most commuters only dream about. On Friday, June 26, 2026, city and state officials cut the ribbon on the fully rebuilt Kendall/MIT headhouses in Cambridge, officially wrapping up a years-long renovation that overhauled entrances, added new vertical circulation and topped the whole thing off with a public rooftop hangout dubbed the Urban Park Porch, complete with benches, greenery and a pickleball court.

Governor Healey and Interim Transportation Secretary and MBTA General Manager Phil Eng celebrate the grand opening of the newly renovated station entrances at the Kendall/MIT stop on the Red Line.

A restoration at the Margaret Fuller House in The Port neighborhood of Cambridge will relocate a food pantry out of the basement and add community meeting space. (Photo: Marc Levy)

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Friday for the MBTA’s Kendall/MIT headhouses in Cambridge, which had been undergoing renovations for years.

The adjacent residential tower is visible through the opening of the oversize elevator shaft of the substation project during a tour on May 21. One of the largest utility projects in the area's history is a fully underground substation set to be more than 100 feet underground, projected to be finished in 2030. Lane Turner/Globe Staff

Massachusetts’ housing prices are stifling economic growth. The workers that power its healthcare, research and technology industries are leaving the state.

A development planned for 2400 Massachusetts Ave., North Cambridge, could be the city’s first social housing. (Photo: Marc Levy)

Social housing in Cambridge leaped forward this week as the city manager created a task force and, maybe, just maybe, summoned the city’s first social housing project into being.

The Boston University Initiative on Cities Gentrification & Urban Displacement Lab (GUDL) is proud to announce the recipients of our first pilot partnership seed grant between the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority (CRA), City of Cambridge Economic Opportunity and Development Division (EODD), and the Small Business Anti-Displacement Network (SBAN).

The newly renovated Kendall/MIT outbound T station entrance opened Monday, April 20, after closing June 10, 2024.

A 2024 design for 2400 Massachusetts Ave. was popular with neighbors and Planning Board members. (Image: North Cambridge Partners)

The most prominent builder in North Cambridge may now be the quasi-governmental agency the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority.

The Kendall/MIT headhouse on Jan. 3, amid construction that began in June 2024. (Photo: Marc Levy)

Executives from the City, Eversource and elected officials gather at a ground-breaking ceremony for the Greater Cambridge Energy Program.