Permit Record

Alteration Residential

4 Mellen St, Cambridge, MA 02138

ClassificationBuilding: Alteration and AdditionMultifamily Alteration
Reliable value$6
ContractorNei General Contracting
Permit record
Parties
Contractor
Nei General Contracting
Applicant
Bill Novick
Owner
Not in source
Architect
Icon Architecture
Engineer
Not in source
Contractor license
Not in source
Building & lot · PLUTO
Building class
Not in source
Zoning district
Not in source
Lot area
Not in source
Year built
Not in source
Units (total)
Not in source
Units (residential)
Not in source
Units (commercial)
Not in source
Floor area
5,355 sq ft
Parcel & enrichment
Parcel APN
157-1
Climate zone (IECC)
5A
Roof area (est.)
Not derivable — no building-size signal for this permit
HVAC tonnage (est.)
Not derivable — no building-size signal for this permit
Building type
R
Building subtype
Multi Family (3 or more dwelling units)
Geocode & dates
Coordinates
42.3807, -71.1193
Geocode confidence
100%
Geocode source
Not in source
Issued
May 15, 2025
Applied
Nov 4, 2024
Work class
Residential
Description
Source description

Renovation of current building and turn into 4 apartment units that connect to a new construcion project at the rear of the site.

Status
Current status
issued
Source status
Active
Provenance
First seen by PermitCore
May 18, 2026 · 16:17 UTC
Last seen
Aug 6, 2026 · 11:31 UTC
Last changed
May 18, 2026 · 16:17 UTC
Data-quality checks0 of 12 flagged

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Checks not flagged

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  • Issued date in the future
  • Issued date parse bug
  • Issued date is placeholder
  • Commercial units is placeholder
  • Residential units out of bounds
  • Residential units is placeholder
  • Total units out of bounds
  • Total units is placeholder
  • Valuation out of bounds
  • Valuation is placeholder
Project timeline at this parcel

2 permits at this parcel (parcel 157-1) · May 13, 2025May 15, 2025

  1. May 15, 2025This permitAlteration Residential · Issued$6Nei General Contracting
  2. May 13, 2025cambridge_nc_1139878New Construction Residential Mf · Issued$12,548,833William Joseph Novick

Full permit history at this parcel · as of Jul 8, 2026.

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Developer details
Permit #
cambridge_aa_1142097
Canonical ID
309:cambridge_aa_1142097
Source permit ID
cambridge_aa_1142097
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