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By At a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, state officials and local nonprofit leaders came together to celebrate a new community center and hub for Latino arts, culture, and community coming to the South End. is set to be the largest facility of its kind in New England, spanning 26,000 square feet. The center will serve as a permanent home for Latino arts, community, and activism at 85 West Newton St.

in the historic South End neighborhood of Boston. The $33 million project was facilitated by (IBA), a decades old non-profit in the offering affordable housing and programming to increase social and economic mobility. MassDevelopment issued a more than $12 million tax-exempt bond on behalf of IBA, which will use the proceeds to build the center.



IBA CEO Vanessa Calderón-Rosado said La CASA will allow the organization to consolidate its programs and administrative functions under one roof, and help facilitate better collaborations between its own programs and other external partners. “At IBA, our mission has always been that a building is more than its walls. It is the place where pathways to building community, culture and generational success are created,” Calderón-Rosado said.

“As we break ground today, we’re laying down the foundation for a new era of community empowerment,” she added. The four-story, multipurpose community space is expected to open by the end of 2025 or early 2026, after 19 months of construction, according to Calderón-Rosado. It will incl.

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