Dorchester Infill and Small Developments

12-unit Gallivan conversion gets Cedar Grove civic okay​


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Above, a rendering shows a proposed new, three-story, 12-unit building that would replace a two-family house at 608 Gallivan Blvd. Images courtesy 686 Architects

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A site plan shows the location in relation to nearby Toohig Playground. Images courtesy 686 Architects

“Members of the Cedar Grove Civic Association gave their unanimous approval to a developer’s plan to convert an existing two-family house on Gallivan Blvd. into a 12-unit complex during a 55-minute meeting last Wednesday evening (April 24). The re-developed property at 608 Gallivan Blvd. across from St. Brendan’s Church will also include green space and 20 basement-level parking spots accessed from a curb cut and entry on Gallivan…”

https://www.dotnews.com/2024/12-unit-gallivan-conversion-gets-cedar-grove-civic-okay
 

Owners of three-family house on Meetinghouse Hill win permission to expand to nine units​


Rendeirng of expanded High Street building


“The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans to expand a 3-family house on High Street in Dorchester to nine units, following a hearing that turned into a mini-debate about the future of Meetinghouse Hill and Dorchester's other residential hills - Jones, Popes and Savin.

The building's owners - Hongan, Inc., a group of investors from Canton and Dorchester - agreed to designate one of the units as affordable, with it going to a family making no more than 70% of the Boston-area median income, their attorney, Ryan Spitz, said.
Jim Milke of the Meetinghouse Hill Civic Association tore into the proposal, saying the Dot Block project and other projects at the bottom of or on Meetinghouse Hill are bringing hundreds of new apartments and condos to the area - and that, already, building owners are having trouble finding people to actually move into the new units.”


https://www.universalhub.com/2024/owners-three-family-house-meetinghouse-hill-win
 
I have... Thoughts... About the flanking design of the addition. I get we're looking at a flat elevation and that it'll look different in 3 dimensions, but it looks like the original building is getting swallowed by a house monster.
 
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I know there's no clear definitions of Boston neighborhoods, and the zipcode here probably says Dorchester, but damn this^ feels so squarely Roxbury to me.
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When they did zip codes, Humboldt got Grove Hall, thus a Dorchester address but it was never part of Dorchester proper. This is Roxbury.
 
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26 Affordable Condos Approved for Vacant Dorchester Sites​

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“The Zoning Board of Appeal has approved plans for 26 affordable condos on four city-owned vacant lots in Dorchester along Geneva Avenue and Eunice Street. As part of the Welcome Home, Boston program, Norfolk Design & Construction was selected to develop the parcels last spring. The development will include 4 buildings total, offering primarily two- and three-bedroom units.”

https://www.bldup.com/posts/26-affordable-condos-approved-for-vacant-dorchester-sites


Geneva Development

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“The proposed development aims at developing the parcels located on all three parcels located on Geneva Ave. (241, 268 & 278 Geneva Avenue) and the one parcel on 1 MacNeil Way. The programming of these four parcels contemplates four different structures with a total of 20 units, all geared at providing quality opportunities for first-time home buyers and their families.”

https://us-norfolk.com/portfolio/geneva-development/#
 
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FieldHouse dream comes into focus as major donors weigh in​

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“For six years now, it has existed as a dream project, but just beyond the grasp of the people who conjured it up in the first place. But now, the ambitious plan to build a $70 million state-of-the-art indoor facility to house athletic fields, practice courts, and other programs for city kids and teens is finally within grasp, with hopes of an actual groundbreaking before the year’s end…”

https://www.dotnews.com/2024/fieldhouse-dream-comes-focus-major-donors-weigh
 
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1970 Dorchester Avenue (56 Units)



69 Bailey Street (21 Compact Living Units)



500 Talbot Avenue (42 Units)





3 Aspinwall Road (34 Condos)



10-32 Bowdoin Street (28 units)






185-191 Geneva Avenue (27 units)


706 Dudley Street (26 units)





734 Dudley Street (25 units)



37 Wales Street (23 Supportive Family Units)





1121 Dorchester Avenue (21 units)



270 Talbot Avenue (18 Condos)



120-122 Hancock Street (15 units)




22 High Street (15 units)



171-179 Bowdoin Street (9 units)



Brooke Mattapan Charter School Expansion
 

Affordable condos, most meant for artists, approved for site near existing artist work spaces in Dorchester​

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“The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans for a four-story, 21-unit live/work condo building at 2 Hillsboro St. in Dorchester - with 18 of the units aimed at artists.

The units, which will be split between studios and one- and two-bedroom units, with one three-bedroom unit, will all be sold to people making between 80% and 100% of the Boston area median income….”

https://www.universalhub.com/2024/affordable-condos-most-meant-artists-approved-site
 
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257 Washington Street​

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Live: 48 residential units, 10 income restricted

Work: Ground floor retail, approximately 40 construction jobs

Connect: 76 walk score

Sustain: EV parking, 70 bicycle parking spaces

“This project will convert an auto body shop and junkyard in Dorchester into 48 residential units, including ten income-restricted units. Its location on Washington Street was identified in the Fairmount Indigo Planning Initiative Four Corners/Geneva Station Area Plan as an opportunity to “leverage vacant and underused lots.” The four-story building will have a bike room with 70 bicycle parking spaces, a common roof deck, and a fitness center for residents. There will be three studio units, 27 one-bedroom units, 13 two-bedroom units, and five three-bedroom units to allow for a variety of household sizes. Ground-floor retail space will also promote active streets in the neighborhood.“

157 Humboldt Avenue​

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Live: 26 income-restricted units

Work: Approximately 30 construction jobs, 2 facilities jobs

Connect: Community event space

Sustain: LEED Gold

“This project will revitalize what is currently a vacant building that has not been used in more than 30 years, and the adjacent vacant land into 100 percent income-restricted family housing for the community. This will be a mix of one-, two-, and three-bedroom units. These new buildings will be energy efficient and also include community space.”

https://www.bostonplans.org/news-ca...f4t4JPd-QR6tSDuR2pc4ca3X5m7uykj00bhpudH7Jjqku
 
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Louis D. Brown Peace Institute wins approval for healing, teaching center in Four Corners​

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“The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans by the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute for a three-story Center of Healing, Teaching, and Learning on what are now two city-owned vacant lots at 30 Westville St. in Dorchester.

Clementina Chéry started the institute after the death of her son, Louis D. Brown, gunned down in the crossfire of a gang shootout in broad daylight on Geneva Avenue 31 years ago - with the goal of providing help and healing for people affected by "murder, trauma, grief and loss" in Boston…..”

https://www.universalhub.com/2024/louis-d-brown-peace-institute-wins-approval
 

Spukies-N-Pizza to close; 14 condo units proposed for Lower Mills site​

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“Owners of a longtime Lower Mills pizza and “spuckie” eatery plan to close the business to make way for a proposal that would see a four-story building housing 14 units of condos developed in its place. Stavros and Theodora Retzos, owners of Spukies since 1997, revealed their intentions to abutters during a meeting on June 13.

They envision a smaller restaurant space for a new operator on the ground level, according to their attorney, Nick Zozula. The building at 1159 Washington St. would include six parking spaces…..”

https://www.dotnews.com/2024/spukies-n-pizza-close-14-condo-units-proposed-lower-mills-site
 

Single-family home near Ashmont station to get rear addition with 13 new condos​


Side rendering of proposed Fuller Street house and new condos


“The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a developer's plans to renovate a single-family home at 9 Fuller St. in Dorchester and add a rear extension with four floors - to create a total of 14 condos.
Anthony Monahan's plans call for three of the units to be sold as affordable, his attorney, Ryan Spitz, told the board.
Four of the units will have one bedroom, four two bedrooms and six three bedrooms, Spitz said…..”

https://www.universalhub.com/2024/single-family-home-near-ashmont-station-get-rear
 
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555-559 Columbia Road​

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“The project proposes a five-story mixed-use structure with the bottom two floors occupied by the Boston Public Library and the upper three floors containing 33 workforce residential homeownership units. The project would have on-site parking in the basement.”

https://www.bostonplans.org/projects/development-projects/555-559-columbia-road
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So we assume that the deed restriction on the parking lot is gone? There was a Methodist or Baptist church on the parcel on the left which was very nice small church that was torn down in the 1940's or so. The Archdiocese of Boston was looking to place a church in Uphams Corner but was stymied that they could not buy this church. The woman, from Savin Hill, who had endowed the church in the 1850's or so in her will, said the church could be used as a stable before it was sold to the Catholic Church.
 
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“Planning Department staff, using the authority of the BPDA, acquired a plot of land on Fernboro Street that connected four additional plots of public land from 21-29 Fernboro Street. The Board's action designates a development team to create 12 affordable homeownership units.”

https://x.com/bostonplans/status/1824176993648382314?s=46

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“Press Release: Boston Recommends Tentative Designation of DBEDC, @cicdhousing, and Escazú Development as Collaborative Developers for 12 New Affordable Homeownership Units:”

https://x.com/dbedc/status/1825548016461525014?s=46
 

90 apartments approved just a short walk from the South Bay Mall​


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“The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a local developer's plans for a 90-unit apartment building at 115-121 Boston St. in Dorchester.

The units in Adam Burns's new complex - with one wing five stories, the other six - will be smaller in size than normally allowed, under the city's "compact living" pilot - of between 450 square feet for studios up to 950 square feet for three-bedroom units. Some 15 units will be rented as affordable.

The proposal calls for a garage with 57 parking spaces….”

https://www.universalhub.com/2024/90-apartments-approved-just-short-walk-south-bay
 

City of Boston to Request HCVP Funds for Columbia Crossing​


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“The City of Boston has announced that in early October, the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC), will submit requests to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the release of Federal funds through the HOME Investment Partnerships Program. EOHLC will submit a request to the HUD Boston Regional Office for the release of Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCVP) funds for Columbia Crossing.

The Columbia Crossing project is an approximately 76,000-square-foot, mixed-use building with 48 residential units and approximately 5,000 square feet of ancillary spaces including shared artists' workspace and space for commercial and other public uses plus parking. The project team is committed to development without displacement, ensuring that housing units created though this development are affordable to existing Dorchester residents. All 48 of the apartments in the development will be income-restricted with below-market rents. …..”

https://www.bldup.com/posts/city-of-boston-to-request-hcvp-funds-for-columbia-crossing
 

Plans Filed for Columbia Road Dorchester Development​

“After being selected to develop the site in April 2023, the team of Civico Development & Dream Collaborative has filed plans for the mixed-use project at 555-595 Columbia Road in Dorchester. The new building would include an 18,000 SF new Boston Public Library branch and 33 residential homeownership units. The project will provide a mix of studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom units. All of the units will be designated as affordable. The development team plans to preserve the 1918 Dorchester Trust Company façade, which will maintain the character of the neighborhood while returning the property to active use.”

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https://www.bldup.com/posts/plans-filed-for-columbia-road-dorchester-development
 
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