55 Broadway, Cambridge — property record card

Developable Industrial Land on 1.42 acres in Cambridge, assessed at $102,586,200 for fiscal year 2026; last sold for $750,000,000 on January 26, 2024.

Rebuilt from the Cambridge assessor file as published by MassGIS — not the official card. For the official card, with owner, photo and sketch, ask the Cambridge assessor’s office.

Parcel

Location	55 Broadway
Map and parcel ID	29-56
Use	Developable Industrial Land (use code 440)
Zoning	O-2
County	Middlesex

Valuation — fiscal year 2026

Building	$0
Land	$102,586,200
Total assessed	$102,586,200

Land

Lot size	1.42 acres (61,855 ft²)

Last recorded sale

Price	$750,000,000
Date	January 26, 2024
Deed	Registry of Deeds book 82430, page 0490

What MassDEP has recorded

RTN 3-0034321 — Volpe Systems Center, activity and use limitation, status PSC, class PN, AUL recorded July 2, 2018 · MassDEP file
RTN 3-0033603 — Volpe Transportation Systems Center, activity and use limitation, status PSC, class PA, AUL recorded May 26, 2020 · MassDEP file
RTN 3-0033952 — Volpe Transportation Systems Center, activity and use limitation, status TMPS, class PA, AUL recorded November 18, 2022 · MassDEP file
RTN 3-0026067 — Volpe Transportation Center, activity and use limitation, status RAO, class A3, AUL recorded May 17, 2011 · MassDEP file

Within about 500 m (a third of a mile): 6 active tier-classified 21E sites and 30 sites with an Activity and Use Limitation. All MassDEP sites in Cambridge.

What this means

The last sale price is 631% above the current assessment. Massachusetts assessments aim at full market value as of January 1 of the year before the fiscal year.
An Activity and Use Limitation is a deed restriction: it limits how the land may be used (often no residential use or no digging) and passes to every buyer.

Point at the centre of the assessor parcel — not a survey.

Data: Cambridge assessor file for fiscal year 2026, via MassGIS, retrieved October 30, 2026; MassDEP sites retrieved the same day. Sources and freshness. No owner names are published.

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