Senate President Spilka Secures Land Transfer for City of Framingham

(BOSTON—11/17/2025) As part of the Legislature’s Fiscal Year 2025 closeout supplemental budget conference committee report, released by the Senate and House Ways and Committees today, Senator Karen Spilka is pleased to announce that a provision that allows for the transfer of key parcels of land from the state to the city of Framingham was included.

“Framingham is in the heart of the MetroWest region, and serves as an important economic, cultural, and administrative hub for many communities,” stated Senate President Karen E. Spilka (D-Ashland). “The landscape of Framingham is changing with the times, and I’m thrilled that the city will finally have the ability to determine for itself how best to maximize the potential of key sites previously utilized by the Commonwealth. I’d like to thank Mayor Sisitsky, the Framingham City Council, and my partners in the House for helping to get this done.”

When signed into law, the bill passed as part of the closeout supplemental budget will eventually allow parcels at 600 and 602 Concord Street in Framingham, currently utilized by the Framingham District Court, to be transferred to the City of Framingham. The Framingham District Court, which serves Ashland, Framingham, Holliston, Hopkinton, Sudbury, and Wayland, will be replaced in 2029 by a new Regional Justice Center at the site of the former Danforth Museum in downtown Framingham. This legislation contemplates the transfer to Framingham occurring after the Regional Justice Center is built.

Senate President Spilka has also played a key role in bringing the Framingham Regional Justice Center (FRJC) online. The new FRJC will combine multiple courthouse functions to create a regional justice center for District, Juvenile, Probate & Family, and Housing Court in Framingham. This new state-of-the-art building will house seven courtrooms, five hearing rooms, a jury pool room, two deliberation rooms, the District Attorney’s Office and a Court Service Center.

Once the conference committee report is accepted by both the Senate and House in formal sessions, the bill will go to Governor Healey for her signature.

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