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Looks more like an office building than residential. Also feel like the first floor units facing the street should just be more retail.
Allston-Brighton Infill and Small Developments
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Replacing a used car dealership, 33 new units, zero car parking spaces. This is great! That pocket of surface parking around the dealership, KFC, and 7/11 really should be developed. Would be a great plot for a tall landmark building.
In a development like this, is it possible for the ground floor units to be converted into commercial after completion? A small cafe in one of the rooms facing Cambridge street would probably be possible, especially if you combined adjacent apartments.
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ah yes, this is the project with 34 apartments on the Boston side and 2 single-family homes on the Brookline side b/c of zoning, lol
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This building is not The Brookliner. It has it's siding already applied around the building's outer perimeter. This building has not too long ago gotten started with the construction. People where I live at Patricia White Apts. have disputed me to death, saying that it was the Brookliner, which had no accidents that I know of as of yet. 
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This building is not The Brookliner. It has it's siding already applied around the building's outer perimeter. This building has not too long ago gotten started with the construction. People where I live at Patricia White Apts. have disputed me to death, saying that it was the Brookliner, which had no accidents as of yet.
Correct, that is the redevelopment at the corner of Corey Rd and Jordan Rd.
249 Corey Road | Boston Planning & Development Agency
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Saint Joseph Prep is closing at the end of the school year. This is a huge site right on the 57--any thoughts on what we could eventually see this turn into?
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Catholic high school in Brighton to close at end of school year
Saint Joseph Prep Boston, with a history dating back 137 years, announced yesterday it will be closing at the end of the current school year. Read more.
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My first thought with anything like this is whether another school could make use of the site, like what Newton is doing to turn Aquinas/Rashi into the new Lincoln-Eliot.Saint Joseph Prep is closing at the end of the school year. This is a huge site right on the 57--any thoughts on what we could eventually see this turn into?
Catholic high school in Brighton to close at end of school year
Saint Joseph Prep Boston, with a history dating back 137 years, announced yesterday it will be closing at the end of the current school year. Read more.
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I know the Boston Public Jackson Mann/ Horace Mann in Union Sq Brighton is hurting these days. I would not be surprised if Boston Public jumped on this school as a permanent replacement or a swing space while it gets renovated. I think the Jackson is closed but the Horace is still occupied waiting for a new space.
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Universal hub has the street level
https://www.universalhub.com/2023/used-car-lot-could-make-way-six-story-apartment
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Renderings from the last 15 Washington Street / Whole Foods project presentation in January. Started at 270 units in 2019 reduced to 229 in 2022; no reduction this round. Still the same amount of parking spaces. Most opposition in the comments that just got posted is about quality of life / noise and traffic associated with construction. I can't believe these folks still live in the city! Also complaints about the treachery of this stretch of Washington Street in general. One interesting suggestion regarding traffic is to have Allston St be One Way from Washington to Summit and Corey One Way from Summit to Washington. (I would support that). Also there is talk of shutting the current WF down during construction so people were up set with that as well. Two major building items addressed, plaza and massing change.
Outdoor public / green space- pull back the Whole Food entry to allow for a 7000sf plaza at Washington and Allston St.
This public plaza at the WF entry is to allow for congregation as well as help traffic recognize the major crosswalk upgrade that will connect foot traffic with the elderly developments across the street
Also the building was pulled back approximately 10' on all sides to allow for 12 to 15' sidewalks.
Pull back the mass of the building from Washington to reduce the canyon effect as well as allow for more sunlight on Allston St and the intersection itself.
This was done by relocating the units over the whole foods entry to the Corey Rd building. The mass over the WF entry is gone in the rendering.
Looks less imposing at this corner but I think that means Corey corner went up to 6 floors?? Which means no 5 over 1 construction?? Will that kill the project?
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Outdoor public / green space- pull back the Whole Food entry to allow for a 7000sf plaza at Washington and Allston St.
This public plaza at the WF entry is to allow for congregation as well as help traffic recognize the major crosswalk upgrade that will connect foot traffic with the elderly developments across the street
Also the building was pulled back approximately 10' on all sides to allow for 12 to 15' sidewalks.
Pull back the mass of the building from Washington to reduce the canyon effect as well as allow for more sunlight on Allston St and the intersection itself.
This was done by relocating the units over the whole foods entry to the Corey Rd building. The mass over the WF entry is gone in the rendering.
Looks less imposing at this corner but I think that means Corey corner went up to 6 floors?? Which means no 5 over 1 construction?? Will that kill the project?
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Thanks for the update; btw, we do have a 15 Washington St. thread going:
Washington Plaza (Whole Foods Redevelopment) | 15 Washington St. | Brighton
Previously discussed in brief on the Allston/Brighton thread. Now moving ahead with BDPA review and public meetings: Comments period is open through Feb 21, 2019: http://www.bostonplans.org/projects/development-projects/15-35-washington-street#comment_Form Public Meeting is Feb 6, 2019 (7pm)...
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^Interestingly, therein, king_vibe made their same papier maché comment 8 months ago
I am nothing if not consistent.
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I hear what you’re saying King Vibe. I recently lived in a brand new 4 story stick built apartment building. You could hear every noise in that structure. The noises above and below were extremely annoying. I have often wondered why we can’t build with concrete like they do in Florida.