Dorchester Infill and Small Developments

This isn't the same development as the one planned for Ashmont Tire is it? I am confused by the rendering. Also, wasn't there a plan to develop the small lot across the street some time ago?

EDIT: apparently the Ashmont Tire development is 1961- 1981 Dot Ave. I am still confused by the render
 
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FK4 said:
8 Banton Street approved.
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You know you are old when you remember walking home from first grade and the three deckers that were here being demolished while you talked about the Sox in the World Series; against the Reds.

This is good street scape for the neighborhood. The building will fit in well into space that has been wasted for over 40 years.
 
JohnCostello said:
You know you are old when you remember walking home from first grade and the three deckers that were here being demolished while you talked about the Sox in the World Series; against the Reds.

This is good street scape for the neighborhood. The building will fit in well into space that has been wasted for over 40 years.
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Cool - can you say more about this area at the time you're talking about?
 
BLDUP said:
Upper Washington in Four Corners tops off as installation of finishes begins: http://www.bldup.com/projects/upper-washington

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Contrary to the tower fetishists -- this kind of project in a continuing stream all around within Boston neighborhoods is how to make the Mayor's goal of 30,000 or so new housing units by 2030 a reality in the next 14 years
 
whighlander said:
Contrary to the tower fetishists -- this kind of project in a continuing stream all around within Boston neighborhoods is how to make the Mayor's goal of 30,000 or so new housing units by 2030 a reality in the next 14 years
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Alright, 1 done, ~850 to go; we need to see 60 of these a year.
 
whighlander said:
Contrary to the tower fetishists -- this kind of project in a continuing stream all around within Boston neighborhoods is how to make the Mayor's goal of 30,000 or so new housing units by 2030 a reality in the next 14 years
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I'd settle for a couple hundred DC-height 13/14-storey buildings with inoffensive, value-engineered designs around every transit stop, especially in Dorchester and Roxbury.

We can also have a want for tall, iconic towers. I don't see anything inherently at odds with wanting or needing both.
 
City Point Center, LLC today filed a letter of intent with the Boston Redevelopment Authority to build a four-story, mixed-use building with 57 residential condominiums and ground floor commercial space at 1120-1132 Washington Street in the Lower Mills area of Dorchester. The developers also propose 94 parking spots, including 51 in an underground garage.

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In total, 66,859 gross square feet will be built on a 48,303 square foot site. Three multifamily houses and a funeral home will be demolished for the project. The plans will be vetted through the BRA’s large project review.

https://urbanliberty.wordpress.com/2016/05/13/developer-plans-50-condos-in-lower-mills/
 
Savin Hill said:
City Point Center, LLC today filed a letter of intent with the Boston Redevelopment Authority to build a four-story, mixed-use building with 57 residential condominiums and ground floor commercial space at 1120-1132 Washington Street in the Lower Mills area of Dorchester. The developers also propose 94 parking spots, including 51 in an underground garage.


In total, 66,859 gross square feet will be built on a 48,303 square foot site. Three multifamily houses and a funeral home will be demolished for the project. The plans will be vetted through the BRA’s large project review.

https://urbanliberty.wordpress.com/2016/05/13/developer-plans-50-condos-in-lower-mills/
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Savin Hill -- Boston needs a central database of names for buildings and additions

The poor uber and cab drivers picking up some out-of-towner who wants to go to some address near the "centre de city point"

Get's taken to City Point in Southy when she wanted to go to Lower Mills
 
The buildings and site work really well together. I only hope that there is more of a connection built between this and the existing neighborhood beyond the highway. I've lived in a place like this that was cut off, even if only a short walk away, from the neighborhood and it felt very isolated.
 
http://realestate.boston.com/buying/2016/06/13/89-new-residential-units-dorchesters-uphams-corner-part-multi-year-initiative/

Megan Turchi
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June 13, 2016 4:23 pm
In its June board meeting, the Boston Redevelopment Authority approved Indigo Block, which will bring residential units and commercial space to a vacant city-owned parcel in Dorchester’s Upham’s Corner neighborhood.

There will be a total of 89 residential units — 80 rentals and 9 owned. According the Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation, one of the site’s developers, there will be a two-story commercial building, a six-story apartment building, and four smaller buildings for the condos.

The units will be priced for various income levels. Half of the rental units will have a maximum price of $1,200 per month for a two-bedroom unit, while the rest will have a max price of $1,900 per month for three-bedrooms. There will also be eight apartments set aside for very low-income residents.

“People have been very supportive that we are reaching different income levels and giving a place for long-time residents who aren’t low income but want to stay in neighborhood,” Andy Waxman, director of real estate for the Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation, told Boston.com.

The two- and three-bedroom condos will be built in a townhouse form, looking like other triple decker homes in the neighborhood. Indigo Block is also very close to the Upham’s Corner MBTA station on the Fairmount Commuter Rail Line, which is sometimes referred to as the Indigo Line.

“Its right next to train station and its long been a focus of the neighborhood to redevelop and bring it back to economic use,” Waxman said.

The project proposal notes the number of groups that have been involved with the planning:

“The Project builds upon and respects the long process of resident neighborhood planning, including the Uphams Corner Working Advisory Group and the Fairmount Indigo Planning Initiative, as well as community meetings leading up to the request for proposals issued by the Department of Neighborhood Development, Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, and Uphams Corner Main Street.”

Back in 2012, Mayor Thomas Menino selected 15 volunteers that would be in charge of “assisting the BRA’s planning team in developing a long term strategy for business growth, employment opportunities, and housing development in Upham’s Corner,” in what is called the Upham’s Corner Working Advisory Group.

The BRA also noted that this group would be a part of the broader Fairmount Indigo Planning Initiative, a BRA study that began in 2012 with the goal of improving the area around the 9.2 mile Fairmount Indigo commuter rail line, which links South Station to Readville, crossing through Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan, and Hyde Park.
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this is a building that burnt about 12 yrs ago at the end of my street
 
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