Dorchester Infill and Small Developments

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VietAID project at 25-33 Hamilton Street moves forward to bring new affordable senior housing to Dorchester

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This project, developed by the Vietnamese American Initiative for Development (VietAID) will build 36 one bedroom income-restricted units for seniors aged 62 and up. Nine of the 36 units will be affordable to households earning at or below 30 percent area median income (AMI), supporting individuals transitioning from homelessness. The building will also include a community and game room for residents. This project will advance Imagine Boston 2030’s goal of creating an additional 2,000 units of dedicated senior housing.

24 Ericsson Street project will build climate resilient mixed-use development, create new open space in Dorchester’s Port Norfolk neighborhood
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120 units, 16 income restricted; mix of one and two bedroom rentals; community/office space
This project on Ericsson Street in Dorchester’s Port Norfolk neighborhood will build four buildings to create a new mixed-use development comprising office, retail, residential space, and a boathouse. It will also include a community space that will be open to the public. This development will create more than two acres of open space, and an extended harborwalk will better connect the neighborhood.
https://bostonrealestatetimes.com/bpda-approves-nine-new-development-projects/
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Looks like 24 Ericsson St / Port Norfolk is under the microscope again, this time for a new environmental report. Dorchester Reporter... Hopefully this delay will not kill the project but these delay tactics have been used many times to kill projects.

Rebecca Tepper, Healey’s secretary of energy and environmental affairs said the Ericsson Street project needs further analysis on the impact to coastal wetlands.
Tepper’s letter, dated July 14, said several people who offered public comments on the project “expressed concern about the potential for the project to cause flooding impacts on the adjacent residential neighborhood.” She added that “additional information and analysis are necessary to evaluate the impacts associated with the proposed development of the coastal floodplain and to demonstrate that the project will take all feasible measures to avoid, minimize, and mitigate impacts.”

But at the same time this project is just across the way from Tenean Beach where this was announced Tenean Beach
 
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Three stores on Hancock Street in Dorchester could be replaced by 39 apartments - and room for two of the stores to return

By adamg on Mon, 08/21/2023 - 8:53pm
Rendering of proposed 81 Hancock St.



“The owner of the building that now houses the Fernandez IV Liquors, a pizza place and a laundromat on Hancock Street at Trull Streetin Dorchester has proposed tearing it down for a four-story residential building, with ground-floor retail space that would include room for the liquor store and laundromat to return.
In a filing with the BPDA, Huy Nguyen says the new building would have six three-bedroom and six two-bedroom units, with the rest split between one-bedroom and studio units. Six of the apartments would be rented as affordable.
The building would have 14 parking spaces.”
“The Proposed Project will contribute to the revitalization of this portion of Hancock Street by transforming the existing one (1) story commercial property, consisting of three (3) storefronts, into a mixed-use residential building that will match the surrounding neighborhood at an urban scale. Although the Proposed Project has been designed with a modern aesthetic, the building’s massing, setbacks, and carefully curated landscaping all lends towards a streetscape that is both cohesive with the existing architecture and welcoming to pedestrians.”
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Another view of the proposed building:
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VietAID is looking to transform community garden into housing
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“VietAID is proposing a new 13-unit building at 35 Faulkner St. steps from the Fields Corner T station on the site of what the nonprofit they said is an underutilized community garden that they own. The building would be 100 percent affordable housing with supportive services included onsite.”

https://www.dotnews.com/2023/vietaid-looking-transform-community-garden-housing


Greenhills cooks up new Adams Corner space
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“Greenhills Bakery owners at a meeting Monday night discussed plans to demolish their existing one-story building and construct a four-story mixed-use building that would house a revamped and updated bakery.

The nine for-sale condo units would be housed in three stories above the new bakery, and would include three two-bedrooms and six one-bedrooms, with no parking provided. The units would be sized at between 600 and 800 square feet.

The project would not include any affordable units as the project currently fits under the city policy that has a 10-unit threshold for such housing, a mandate that Mayor Wu has proposed lowering. “We’re not there yet [on affordable units],” said project attorney John Pulgini. “We’ll be keeping an eye on that proposal.”

https://www.dotnews.com/2023/greenhills-cooks-new-adams-corner-space
 
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" The project will require Zoning Board variances for maximum floor area ratio (FAR), maximum height, rear setback, and off-street parking (16 spaces required, none provided). The new bakery would also need approval for take-out food. "

I'm going to become the Joker. Just let these people build 10 condos on their own property! Such a great little project for these people who have run a successful business and want to revitalize their neighborhood. Hell, maybe they want to grab a unit for themselves or their kids to live on-site. I'm sure it'll get through but it's totally unnecessary.
 
Board approves replacing closed Dot Ave. gas station with 14-unit residential building

By adamg on Tue, 08/29/2023 - 11:23am
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“The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans by the owner of the shuttered US Petroleum station at Dorchester Avenue and Semont Road in Dorchester to replace it with a four-story, 14-unit residential building with six parking spaces and ground-floor space for a restaurant.
Dimitrios Gerasimidis's attorney, Nicholas Zozula, told the board his client is looking at selling the units as condos, rather than renting them as apartments, but has yet to make a final determination.

In either case, two of the units would be sold, or rented, as affordable, possibly with one at 80% of the Boston-area median income and the other at 100%. However, part of the ZBA approval included discussions with the BPDA about possible lower prices for those unit.
Zozula said that the project calls for eliminating the current wide curb cut on Dorchester Avenue for the gas station, which would add three on-street parking spaces. Access to the building's resident parking spaces would be on Semont Road.
Garasimidis said he has already removed the gas station's tanks and that he hopes to begin construction of the new building this spring.”

https://www.universalhub.com/2023/board-approves-replacing-closed-dot-ave-gas
 
270 TALBOT AVE. SET TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION


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“TLee Development LLC, with the support of the Mayor’s Office of Housing (MOH), has unveiled a proposal for the development of a City of Boston-owned parcel at 270 Talbot Ave. in Dorchester.

The project will consist of a four-story building with 18 residential condominium units, all of which will be made affordable to households with incomes ranging from 80% to 100% of the area median income (AMI). The units being developed will include studios, one-bedroom, two-bedroom, and three-bedroom units, with three units that have been built out for those with mobility challenges.

Additionally, the development will feature approximately 3,117 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The building will also offer communal spaces and amenities with indoor bicycle storage, and open space in the back of the building.”

https://www.boston.gov/news/latest-updates-mayors-office-housing-august-25-2023
 
Archdiocese Plans Affordable Housing Redevelopment Of Former Hospital In Dorchester

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September 12, 2023 Taylor Driscoll, Bisnow Boston

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“The Planning Office of Urban Affairs and St. Mary's Center for Women and Children filed plans for a two-phase redevelopment project of its Dorchester location.

In its second new development plan filed this month, the Archdiocese of Boston has proposed a two-phase supportive housing project in Dorchester.

The archdiocese's development arm, the Planning Office of Urban Affairs, filed plans in partnership with St. Mary's Center for Women and Children to renovate three buildings on the center's campus, the former site of St. Margaret's hospital, into supportive housing, according to the filing with the Boston Planning & Development Agency.

The center at 90 Cushing Ave. operates an adult family shelter, a young parenting living program, transitional housing, and education and employment support. The site is dilapidated with a "literally crumbling parking garage," which would be demolished under the proposal. The center said it has an operations plan mapped out to continue these programs during the renovation and construction, Banker & Tradesman first reported.

The first phase of the project would be the renovation of the east, main and chapel buildings, which make up the original St. Margaret's hospital and later additions. The renovation would create new living spaces for women and children experiencing homelessness. The apartments would consist of two-to-four-bedroom "pod-style" units, and the renovation would be financed by public and private funding.

The second phase would consist of the demolition of a parking garage and the construction of a new supportive housing building with 71 100% affordable two- and three-bedroom units, plus gathering spaces, playrooms and laundry rooms. The new development would increase the number of people at the shelter by 30%.

The St. Mary's Center has one other site called the Crossroads Family Shelter in East Boston, and it has proposed a 39-unit development in Roxbury. The center supports more than 500 parents and children across the two sites, according to the filing.
The archdiocese's POUA subsidiary has produced over 3,000 units of housing and poured over $650M in investment into Greater Boston, according to its website.

Earlier this month, POUA filed plans for another affordable and supportive housing project in Charlestown that would replace the former Constitution Inn. In March, the group, in partnership with the Fenway Community Development Corp., set out to buy Our Lady's Guild House, an affordable residential property for women in the Fenway neighborhood.”

https://www.bisnow.com/boston/news/affordable-housing/dorchester-project-120620
 
Approved

554-562 Columbia Road
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“Upham's Corner, Boston, MA 02125

Plans call for 72 units in a 4-6 story, 60,089 SF building retaining the existing ground floor retailers. The development would retrofit the upper levels of the existing Fox Hall building while adding a 4-6 story development on the rear of the building.”

https://www.bldup.com/projects/74c1daf9-3bf9-4076-8d5f-fb51ca4a18aa
 
Developer proposes artist-centric affordable condos in Uphams Corner, around corner from artist studios on Humphreys Street

By adamg on Fri, 09/22/2023 - 2:30pm
Rendering of proposed Hillsboro Street building


“A developer that transformed an old industrial building on Humphreys Street in Dorchester into artist work spaces filed plans today to build a 21-unit condo building nearby in which all the units would be sold to people making no more than 80% to 100% of the Boston area median income - with 18 of them marketed to artists.
In its filing with the BPDA, William Madsen Hardy's New Atlantic Development says the building, on what is now a vacant lot at the end of Hillsboro Street, would have a mix of condo sizes, ranging from studios to three-bedroom units.”

https://www.universalhub.com/2023/developer-proposes-artist-centric-affordable
 
With questions, Jones Hill neighbors welcome St. Mary’s project
By Seth Daniel, News Editor
September 21, 2023
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“The Jones Hill Association (JHA) has been working with St. Mary’s Center on its proposed major renovation and new construction project for the past several months, and so far, leaders at JHA said, the concept has been welcomed.
St. Mary’s officially filed its letter of intent with city officials last week to renovate the former St. Margaret’s Hospital area and build a new residential building where the parking garage and North Building are located.
While many in the surrounding neighborhoods found out about the project just last week, JHA President Stephen McBride said they have been working with the center since February on rough outlines of the renovations.
“I haven’t heard anything in terms of pushback, but their facilities are in major need of upgrades,” he said. “Families are living in hospital rooms and it’s not conducive to families living in a dignified state…The new building is a bigger building, but they’ve been working to make sure it’s not higher than the existing structures but maybe expands out more on the footprint.”
Unlike some other areas of Dorchester, McBride said most in the Jones Hill area haven’t been concerned about expanding the population of formerly homeless families and individuals in the facility because the center already serves them.
“It’s not new and it’s populations they are already serving,” he said. “They are good neighbors and I think that’s what you see here with the receptiveness of the community to their proposal.”
That said, there are important questions that need to be asked and answered, he said. So far, the plans presented to Jones Hill have been rough ideas, and now that there are more firm plans, the city’s Article 80 city process for development will lend itself to neighbors getting detailed answers.”


https://www.dotnews.com/2023/questions-jones-hill-neighbors-welcome-st-mary-s-project
 
-Approved

114-122 Harvard Street and 18-24 Standish Street
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“The project includes two new buildings (114-122 Harvard Street and 18-24 Standish Street) with 22 residential homeownership units, 1 ground-floor commercial unit (1,250sf), and 11 off-street parking spaces. All of the residential units will be sold to households making between 80-100% AMI.”

https://www.bostonplans.org/project...-122-harvard-street-and-18-24-standish-street
 

3 Aspinwall Road​

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“Applicant seeks to amend its project, initially, a four (4) story building totaling approximately 34,200 square feet, with thirty-four (34) condominium units with twenty-nine (29) parking spaces, to a five (5) story building totaling approximately 42,750 square feet, with forty-five (45) condominium units with twenty-nine (29) parking spaces (the “Proposed Project”).”

https://www.bostonplans.org/projects/development-projects/3-aspinwall-road
 
Uninviting at street level, otherwise not bad for a side street off Washington
 

Trinity tweaks its plan for Shawmut housing; neighbors react with pros and cons​

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“Developers trying to get the city’s approval for transit-oriented housing near Shawmut Station showed off their latest plans last week, scoring points with supporters but making little headway against neighborhood opposition.

At an online meeting arranged for Oct. 3 by the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA), members of the Impact Advisory Group (IAG) responded to changes in the plan presented by Michael Lozano, vice president of development for Trinity Financial, a company headed by a Dorchester resident, Jim Keefe.

The latest plan shows a four-story building that appears less boxy and offers more affordability. Other changes include 25 parking spaces at basement level, along with “better facilities” for bike storage. Trinity had originally proposed 39 parking spaces, but these were later eliminated at the city’s request.

Under the new plan, all 72 units at the development, known as 150 Centre Street at Shawmut, would be income restricted. The total was reduced from an earlier 74 units, but with an additional four units having two or three bedrooms. Forty-nine units would be studio or one-bedroom apartments…”

https://www.dotnews.com/2023/trinity-tweaks-its-plan-housing-neighbors-react-pros-and-cons
 
DAVE said:
This weird commercial building getting some residential above :D at 1082 Dot ave (near walgreens):
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I live in this area and while it looks strange, it’s a great way to add units. I wonder why it worked here and can the pattern be scaled across other under utilized properties?
 
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