East Boston Infill and Small Developments

I like triple deckers so much more when theyre built right up against eachother like in east boston. Much better use of space and also helps the heating bill when theyre abutting. Soooo many more buildings could have bee built in dorchester for example if every building didnt have a useless tiny patch of grass on both sides.
 
-141 addison street approved.

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“The proposed project consists of a new four-story residential building situated at 141 Addison Street in East Boston’s Harborview Neighborhood. The project site is an 11,000-square-foot parcel currently occupied by a one-story commercial building with surface parking. The applicant proposes a new residential use with a twenty (20) unit residential building, with fourteen (14) accessory garage parking spaces and bicycle storage in accordance with Boston Transportation Department policy requirements. The Proposed Project would redevelop an underutilized industrial site into residential development combining market-rate and affordable housing opportunities in an aesthetic appropriate in scale, massing, and design to this particular Neighborhood of East Boston, providing additional high-density housing for the area.”
https://www.bostonplans.org/projects/development-projects/141-addison-street
 
-Approved

279 Maverick Street​

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“The proposed project consists of a new five-story mixed use building, containing thirty two residential units, one commercial unit containing approximately 1,774 square feet, eighteen accessory off-street parking spaces located in the building’s at grade garage and 34 bike racks. The garage will be entered and exited via Maverick Street, which has access to Chelsea Street and Meridian Street to the West.”
https://www.bostonplans.org/projects/development-projects/279-maverick-street
 
4/13:


175 Orleans Street (123-key hotel)




9 McKay Place (41 units)




151 Liverpool Street (36 units)




7-11 Curtis Street (23 units)




28-30 Geneva Street (19 units)




95-97 Addison Street (12 units)




255 Maverick Street (9 units)




246 Havre Street (9 units)




125 Addison Street (9 units)




250 Bremen Street (8 units)




68 Liverpool Street (6 units)




91-93 Orleans Street (4 units)




12 Geneva Street (4 units)




273 Havre Street (4 units)




219 Saratoga Street (4 units)




98-100 Bennington Street (gut renovation: 3 going to 4 units)




88 Maverick Street (gut renovation: 3 going to 4 units)




655 Saratoga Street (2-story addition: 4 units)




861 Saratoga Street (gut renovation: 3 units)

 
mssrro said:
4/13:

655 Saratoga Street (2-story addition: 4 units)

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Thats great, keep the retail in business while adding residential units above. Theres probably 1000 places this could be done around the city/metro. Corner stores are such important businesses. I’m interested how intrusive the addition was, if the old structure could support the new one or if they had to add beams inside the store.
 
Anecdotal, but my friend is moving out of his place in Eastie and his landlord who originally wanted 200 more per month in rent (!) is now offering him 200 less to stay. He said no, and is also doing his part by talking a big game to the people viewing the apartment about how he 'hates living there', etc. Here's to more competition in the housing market and lower rents!
 
Longfellow said:
Anecdotal, but my friend is moving out of his place in Eastie and his landlord who originally wanted 200 more per month in rent (!) is now offering him 200 less to stay. He said no, and is also doing his part by talking a big game to the people viewing the apartment about how he 'hates living there', etc. Here's to more competition in the housing market and lower rents!
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The housing market in Eastie is wild. I saw this unit at The Mark listed for $499k, which is what it sold for in 2022. The same exact unit 2 floors below is for rent for $2650. The average buyer who puts 20% down will be paying in the ballpark of $3800 per month all-in for that same unit. I'm still of the belief that $2,650 for a hotel-size studio (even in a building as nice as The Mark) is crazy. But I can't imagine being stuck with a nearly $4k PITI + HOA payment on the same studio knowing it'll be tough to even break even on a sale (limited market for that type of unit) and impossible to rent for anything approaching what I'm paying on it.
 
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6/19:


175 Orleans Street (123-key hotel)




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9 McKay Place (41 units)




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7-11 Curtis Street (23 units - very little activity since April other than a fresh dirt mound - inactive?)




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28-30 Geneva Street (19 units)




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1 Everett Street (14 units)




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95-97 Addison Street (12 units)




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167 Maverick Street (11 units)




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255 Maverick Street (9 units)




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125 Addison Street (9 units)




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246 Havre Street (9 units)




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250 Bremen Street (8 units)




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421 Saratoga Street (8 units - renovation)




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47 Condor Street (7 units)




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254 Paris Street (6 units)




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PART 2 OF 2

6/19:


221 East Eagle Street (6 units)




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230 Everett Street (5 units)




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91-93 Orleans Street (4 units)




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12 Geneva Street (4 units)




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8 Brooks Street (4 units - two-story addition)




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219 Saratoga Street (4 units)




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273 Havre Street (4 units)




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261 Princeton Street (4 units)




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98-100 Bennington Street (gut renovation: 3 going to 4 units)




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303-305 Bennington Street (4 units - inactive)




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304 Paris Street (3 units)




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861 Saratoga Street (gut renovation: 3 units)




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Patrick J. Kennedy Elementary School (Addition & Renovation)

 
stick n move said:
I dont even remember posting this, but thats an awesome concept. Looks exactly like a triple decker at the front but then has a modern apartment building attached to it that goes back pretty deep adding a lot more units. They should build a ton of these. If they got rid of the parking garage part they could add even more units too.
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Haha. I remember reading that and thinking "oh, it's just a renovation." Didn't even have it on my route, I just happened to notice it while I was walking down Prescott. Agree, it looks good and it has a decent amount of units for its size. Only downside is that they mostly lost the rear yard in the process - some owners & abutters would care more about that then others if the concept was expanded elsewhere.

 
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