Newton Company Files Lawsuit Over Needham Crossing Expansion

The Needham Crossing expansion has been challenged by a Newton-based company, halting the project.

Intrum, which owns a building abutting the project, said in a lawsuit that officials in Needham failed to consider the negative impacts of the project, according to Bankers and Tradesman. The lawsuit specifically brings attention to a proposed seven-story parking garage described as “arbitrary, capricious and to the substantial damage and detriment of the plaintiff in the neighborhood.

The plan from Normandy Real Estate Partners called for an office, hotel, and apartment complex on a 27-acre property. called for an office, hotel, and apartment complex on a 27-acre property.