920 Centre Street | SF Monastery | Jamaica Plain

[stick n move]

920 Centre Street​

“The Proposed Project consists of the complete renovation of the existing 50,000 SF monastery building into 38 senior rental units, with 25 units designated as affordable, and the construction of a new mass timber building behind the existing monastery with 85 condominium units. The Project will also include approximately 8,000 SF of amenity space, 118 parking spaces, 103 long-term bicycle parking spaces, and significant public realm improvements to activate the Project Site and immediate surroundings. The project will require Large Project Review under Article 80B of the Code.“

920 Centre Street | Bostonplans.org

Development Projects and Planned Development Areas (PDAs) that the Development Review division is coordinating.

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[Bananarama]

That description is from the original proposal that kept the monastery. This new one has 79 condos and 79 apartments (35 more total units than the original).

It will satisfy the people complaining about the precious view-shed behind the Arboretum, but now historic-preservation people will complain about the razed monastery (after the nuns already supported this) and the increase in unit count will further anger car brain, traffic NIMBYs.

 

[HenryAlan]

There is a good write-up about this on UniversalHub:

https://www.universalhub.com/2026/third-time-winner-developer-tries-again-new-plan-replace-old-monastery