East Boston Infill and Small Developments

[Lrfox]

2-10 Maverick Sq:

And some demo at 40-42 Kelly Sq/219 Border St. this is interesting because I can’t find anything on it beyond a 2016 Buildup entry. The restaurant here went out over the summer. Demo seems to have happened quickly.

 

[iamdjmichael]

Sad 2-10 isn’t going to be the taller version originally proposed.

Found this for the demo, hopefully it’s built as is https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/40-William-Kelly-Sq-East-Boston-MA/20458592/

 

[Lrfox]

Sad 2-10 isn’t going to be the taller version originally proposed.

Found this for the demo, hopefully it’s built as is https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/40-William-Kelly-Sq-East-Boston-MA/20458592/

Good find! That would look nice. I'm surprised I can't find this on the BPDA website. The existing building did not look structurally compromised, so it's hard not to think that this part of the project.

 

[HenryAlan]

Looks like this project has come to life again. As you can see we have some new windows. Anyone know is this is still planed to be a Loftel Hotel? I'm surprised they haven't converted it lab/life science.

175 Orleans Street | Boston Planning & Development Agency

Learn about the BPDA's development review process, view information about development projects in the BPDA approval pipeline, and learn how you can get involved.

www.bostonplans.org

IMG_7662 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr

Not sure about branding, but it is still planned as a hotel from what I've heard. My company owns several properties around there, and that's still the word from the construction workers, though they might not know if something has changed.

 

[stick n move]

32-unit apartment building approved for Jeffries Point

The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a developer's plans to replace a parking lot at 279 Maverick St. in East Boston with a five-story, 32-unit apartment building.

MG2 Group's plans, approved by the BPDA in May, include five units to be rented to people making no more than 70% of the Boston area median income. Apartments will range from studios to 3-bedroom units.

The building will have a garage with room for 18 cars, using a "stacker" system, as well as four street-level spaces.

https://www.universalhub.com/2022/32-unit-apartment-building-approved-jeffries-point

 

[Jahvon09]

Was 279 Maverick where a former used car salesman used to be? That spot of land has been vacant for years!

 

[DZH22]

11/25 From Charlestown

IMG_0655 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_0677 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_0697 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_0699 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[#bancars]

41 residential units across two bdlgs proposed for Orient Heights:

East Boston rotary could get two new apartment buildings

MG2 Group, which specializes in construction of small and mid-sized residential buildings in East Boston, has filed plans with the BPDA for two new buildings where Ford, Saratoga and Boardman streets meet in a rotary in Orient Heights. Read more.

www.universalhub.com

 

[Jahvon09]

Sad 2-10 isn’t going to be the taller version originally proposed.

Found this for the demo, hopefully it’s built as is https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/40-William-Kelly-Sq-East-Boston-MA/20458592/

Link doesn't work.

 

[stick n move]

Works for me.

 

[Jahvon09]

Works for me.

Still doesn't work! Tried it again. I'm being denied from whatever ungodly reason.

 

[DZH22]

12/28 From Piers Park.

IMG_0343 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_0345 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_0346 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[stick n move]

What ever happened to that new East Boston police station?

It’s sitting there quietly behind a fence. The lights are on, but nobody’s writing arrest reports.

The $30 million East Boston Police Station, the first brand-new city cop house commissioned in a decade, still sits empty nearly a year and a half after it was originally supposed to be finished. Everything from the soil underneath, the fire-safety systems inside and the trucks for the nearby fish processing company seem to get in its way.

The project, according to the city, isn’t really over-budget; the initial announcement in 2019 was for $30 million, but the contract was for just a bit over $26 million, and documents obtained via records request show that rising less than a million dollars, not a big percent increase for this type of project.

The problem’s less money than it is time. The most recent change order, from June 2022, lists the “final completion” date as Nov. 16, 2021 — yes, seven months to the order’s past — though it extends the pact with J&J Contractors to Nov. 15, 2022. The original date for final completion was Sept. 13. 2021.


For now, the cops of the A-7 precinct continue to work in the decrepit old station on the other side of Eastie near Maverick Square — though the city told the Herald to expect an opening for the new one at 300 E. Eagle St. “in the coming weeks.”

https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/0...d-to-that-new-east-boston-police-station/amp/

 

[TomOfBoston]

What ever happened to that new East Boston police station?
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It’s sitting there quietly behind a fence. The lights are on, but nobody’s writing arrest reports.

The $30 million East Boston Police Station, the first brand-new city cop house commissioned in a decade, still sits empty nearly a year and a half after it was originally supposed to be finished. Everything from the soil underneath, the fire-safety systems inside and the trucks for the nearby fish processing company seem to get in its way.

The project, according to the city, isn’t really over-budget; the initial announcement in 2019 was for $30 million, but the contract was for just a bit over $26 million, and documents obtained via records request show that rising less than a million dollars, not a big percent increase for this type of project.

The problem’s less money than it is time. The most recent change order, from June 2022, lists the “final completion” date as Nov. 16, 2021 — yes, seven months to the order’s past — though it extends the pact with J&J Contractors to Nov. 15, 2022. The original date for final completion was Sept. 13. 2021.


For now, the cops of the A-7 precinct continue to work in the decrepit old station on the other side of Eastie near Maverick Square — though the city told the Herald to expect an opening for the new one at 300 E. Eagle St. “in the coming weeks.”

https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/0...d-to-that-new-east-boston-police-station/amp/

Is that on the site of the old MBTA trackless trolley carbarn?

 

[SuffolkHeights11]

Four-story residential building rejected on stretch of Paris Street in East Boston with mostly two- and three-story buildings

The Zoning Board of Appeal today rejected a proposed four-story, three-unit residential building at 304 Paris St. in East Boston. Read more.

www.universalhub.com

Board rejects four-story residential building near Maverick Square as too dense

A couple hours after the Zoning Board of Appeal rejected a four-story, three-unit building on Paris Street in East Boston, it rejected another four-story, three-unit proposal by the same developer on Coppersmith Way near Maverick Square. Read more.

www.universalhub.com

New year, another shameful day at the Boston ZBA. Two four-story developments rejected as out of scale with their three-story abutters. One was actually approved, but not by a supermajority as required. For the political process and planning crowd, the city is trying that with PLAN: East Boston to reform East Boston's underlying zoning to make these appeals less likely. Unfortunately, they are getting exactly nowhere and the BPDA had to pause those planning sessions after one of their staffers was threatened. Meanwhile, prices go up and the crisis gets worse. Rinse repeat.

 

[stick n move]

Can someone remind them they live in the city please.

 

[king_vibe]

Four-story residential building rejected on stretch of Paris Street in East Boston with mostly two- and three-story buildings

The Zoning Board of Appeal today rejected a proposed four-story, three-unit residential building at 304 Paris St. in East Boston. Read more.

www.universalhub.com

Board rejects four-story residential building near Maverick Square as too dense

A couple hours after the Zoning Board of Appeal rejected a four-story, three-unit building on Paris Street in East Boston, it rejected another four-story, three-unit proposal by the same developer on Coppersmith Way near Maverick Square. Read more.

www.universalhub.com

New year, another shameful day at the Boston ZBA. Two four-story developments rejected as out of scale with their three-story abutters. One was actually approved, but not by a supermajority as required. For the political process and planning crowd, the city is trying that with PLAN: East Boston to reform East Boston's underlying zoning to make these appeals less likely. Unfortunately, they are getting exactly nowhere and the BPDA had to pause those planning sessions after one of their staffers was threatened. Meanwhile, prices go up and the crisis gets worse. Rinse repeat.

So you can just threaten someone and then….get exactly what you want.

 

[curcuas]

Four-story residential building rejected on stretch of Paris Street in East Boston with mostly two- and three-story buildings

The Zoning Board of Appeal today rejected a proposed four-story, three-unit residential building at 304 Paris St. in East Boston. Read more.

www.universalhub.com

Board rejects four-story residential building near Maverick Square as too dense

A couple hours after the Zoning Board of Appeal rejected a four-story, three-unit building on Paris Street in East Boston, it rejected another four-story, three-unit proposal by the same developer on Coppersmith Way near Maverick Square. Read more.

www.universalhub.com

New year, another shameful day at the Boston ZBA. Two four-story developments rejected as out of scale with their three-story abutters. One was actually approved, but not by a supermajority as required. For the political process and planning crowd, the city is trying that with PLAN: East Boston to reform East Boston's underlying zoning to make these appeals less likely. Unfortunately, they are getting exactly nowhere and the BPDA had to pause those planning sessions after one of their staffers was threatened. Meanwhile, prices go up and the crisis gets worse. Rinse repeat.

Hansy Better Barraza is an enormous NIMBY and taking up Araujo's torch proudly it seems.

 

[dhawkins]

Is that on the site of the old MBTA trackless trolley carbarn?

Its at the corner of Condor and East Eagle streets. Historically the lot looks like industrial only, no trolley. This is the same site that Eversource has been trying to get a substation built even though it's a flood zone.

 

[Smuttynose]

Four-story residential building rejected on stretch of Paris Street in East Boston with mostly two- and three-story buildings

The Zoning Board of Appeal today rejected a proposed four-story, three-unit residential building at 304 Paris St. in East Boston. Read more.

www.universalhub.com

It's complete insanity that we have a 30-foot height limit and a floor-area-ratio maximum of 1 within five blocks of a subway station in one of the city's densest neighborhoods. Conservatively, the FAR should at least be quadrupled and four to five stories allowed by right. It's also discouraging that the 'new ZBA' under Wu, which is dominated by members from the city's more far flung 'hoods (Hyde Park, Roslindale, West Roxbury, etc), acts just like the old one. It's even more discouraging that the issue of zoning reform to support new housing is not gaining more urgency in the city, especially when it's being pushed so hard in the 'burbs under the new law. Alright, end of rant.