Hyde Park Infill and Small Developments

The problem the owner/operator devs face has been the ZBA for a long time now. Ultra NIMBY in Roslindale and bad everywhere else. They don't have the lawyers and exp to get things through, so they get treated the worst. Lots of cases like this in Rox and Dot.
 
Developer proposes 28-unit apartment building on River Street in Hyde Park

By adamg on Tue, 03/28/2023 - 5:51pm
Rendering of proposed 1081 River St.



“A Natick developer has filed plans with the BPDA to replace "an outdated two-family home of no significance" at 1081 River St.with a four-story 28-unit apartment building with 15 parking spaces.
Whiteacre Properties bought the roughly one-third-acre parcel last March for $740,000, according to Registry of Deeds records.
Its proposal calls for a mix of units, from studios to three bedrooms. Six of the units, or 21%, will be rented as affordable. City requirements call for 13% of units to be rented as affordable.”

https://www.universalhub.com/2023/developer-proposes-28-unit-apartment-building
 
The lot is currently on a slight elevation and is apparently going to be leveled. I wish that they would build it on that elevation and keep and restore the stone wall and maybe a mature tree or two if possible. It would make for a better streetscape and be a better neighbor.
 
1081 River Street project moves forward to build new housing in Hyde Park

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Live: 28 residential units, six income-restricted units, community room
Work: Approximately 31 construction jobs
Connect: Close proximity to public transportation as well as the local commercial area, new open space, bike storage, sidewalks widened
Sustain: EV parking spaces, energy efficient appliances

“Located in Hyde Park, this project will build a new four-story residential building, including 28 units, and storage for 28 bicycles on site. Six units will be income-restricted. The units will be a mix of studios, one, two, and three-bedrooms. The project will also provide more than 9,000 SF of open space. Located within close proximity of Silver-Line bus stops and close proximity to the Hyde Park and Fairmount Commuter Rail stations, the project contributes to citywide goals to support transit-oriented development. There are a number of public benefits associated with this project, including improvements to the public realm, and a $35,000 contribution to the Boston Parks and Recreation Department’s City’s Fund for Parks for maintenance of Ross Park.”

https://bostonrealestatetimes.com/b...ton-east-boston-fenway-hyde-park-and-roxbury/
 

Developer still hopes to build apartment building on Hyde Park/Mattapan line first approved in 2018​


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“The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved another year-long extension to a developer proposing a 40-units apartment building at 30 Thorn St. off River Street - the fourth such extension since the project was first approved in 2018.

Helge Capital Real Estate says uncertainties and inflation in the residential development market have made it difficult to obtain construction financing, its attorney, Nicholas Zozula, told the board this morning in requesting what would be the project's fourth extension to time to actually start construction.

"They are still looking to build the project but they are not able to do so right now," because they've been unable to get financing for a project that would now be $4 million more expensive than in 2019.

But he said his clients are hopeful the market will calm down enough to obtain financing and actually begin construction next year. "It's a vacant lot and it's ready to go," he said.”

https://www.universalhub.com/2023/developer-still-hopes-build-apartment-building
 

From pasta to pot back to pasta on Hyde Park Avenue in Hyde Park​


By adamg on Tue, 10/31/2023 - 12:19pm

Rendering of 931 Hyde Park Avenue


“The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans to turn the long closed Serino's pasta plant at 931 Hyde Park Ave., across from the America's Food Basket strip mall, into a new home for Gourmet Caterers, which currently does catering out of space on Washington Street in Forest Hills.
Serino's closed in 2018. Robert Susi of Dorchester, who purchased the building for $3.6 million from Serino's, quickly reached a deal with an Arizona marijuana company to turn the building, which stretches to Providence Street, into a marijuana market and factory that would churn out pot-based products, including edibles and ointments, with as many as 200 employees. But that concern never moved in.
The proposal approved today calls for production of food that doesn't require proof of age to purchase. The board had to give its OK to "change occupancy from Pasta Factory & Church to Pasta Factory & Display Area, Caterer, Office, Retail, Warehouse, Distribution, Storage, Manufacturing, Preparation & Manufacturing of Food, Bakery, Laundry, Wholesale Business, Product Development & Research."
The company's proposal calls for no changes to the exterior of the building.
The board approved the plans unanimously.”

https://www.universalhub.com/2023/pasta-pot-back-pasta-hyde-park-avenue-hyde-park
 

28-unit apartment building approved for River Street near West Street in Hyde Park​


By adamg on Fri, 12/15/2023 - 12:57pm
Rendering of proposed apartment building on River Street


“The Zoning Board of Appeal this week approved a four-story, 28-unit apartment building at 1081 River St. in Hyde Park.
Plans by developer Enis Shehu of Natick call for 15 parking spaces. The building would be next to an existing 16-unit building and just a short walk to the Asian-Thai Eatery.

The new building would replace an existing two-family home and lower the grade at the front of the property, now roughly six feet above River Street, behind a retaining wall.
Six of the units would be rented as affordable. That's roughly 21.5% of the total units, compared to the current city requirement of 13%, Shehu's attorney, Nicholas Zozula, told the board at a hearing on Tuesday.

Craig Martin, a member of the Hyde Park Neighborhood Association, questioned the narrow driveway shown on plans, which he said would only allow one car at a time and which would force trash and larger delivery vehicles to back onto one of the curviest stretches of busy River Street.

"It's irresponsible for the board to allow trucks to back up onto River Street," he said.

Zozula said he understands Martin's concerns and said that Shehu and the owner of the neighboring apartment building, however, have an agreement "to address these issues" and that Shehu would work with the BPDA - which approved the overall project in August - in an upcoming "design review."

A resident of Lincoln Street expressed concerns about privacy from the building's planned roof deck - as well as issues related to noise and pollution from building residents "going in and out all the time" in the building's parking lot.

The proposal needed variances for, among other things, its height, its overall density on the lot, the number of proposed units and insufficient setbacks along the front, side and rear property lines. The zoning board unanimously approved all the variances.”

1081 River St. filings.


https://www.universalhub.com/2023/28-unit-apartment-building-approved-river-street
 
stick n move said:
Approved

1201 River st
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Located in Hyde Park, this project will build 63 one-bedroom units of income-restricted senior housing for those ages 55 and up. This project will advance Imagine Boston 2030’s goal of creating an additional 2,000 units of dedicated senior housing. Built under the Mayor’s Office of Housing’s Zero Emission Building requirements, this is a non carbon-producing, all electric building. In addition to residences, this building will also include a gym, commercial space, community room, library, and laundry center on the ground floor. There will also be parking available for bikes and cars. This project will create new green space, and will include an outdoor courtyard, complete with a bocce court, and a grilling and seating area, as well as enhanced landscaping.

34 Oak Street brings new housing to Hyde Park
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This project will build a new apartment building with 20 rental units, four of which will be income-restricted on Oak Street in Hyde Park. This will be a transit-oriented development and will encourage biking and walking over driving as it is in close proximity to the MBTA and bus lines in Hyde Park.
https://bostonrealestatetimes.com/bpda-approves-nine-new-development-projects/
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Excavation is well underway at this site. Not great architecture (it would have been nice to see some curves given all the curves in the streets here) but seems like a good contribution.

On another note, I drove around Hyde Park today and was struck by how many abandoned and really derelict houses there were. A couple right on Hyde Park Ave and a few on Metropolitan. I always think of Hyde Park as working class but not run down but it was really striking. Maybe just noticing things that I hadn’t before but to me it highlights the growing wealth disparity even within the city itself, or the pushing of poverty further to the margins.
 
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jjdemello123@gmail.com said:
36-40 Sprague Street in Hyde Park.
I couldn’t fine the page for this project.

Demo permit approved to remove the existing structure
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36-40 Sprague Street | Bostonplans.org

Development Projects and Planned Development Areas (PDAs) that the Development Review division is coordinating.
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This project is officially under construction with the land cleared and most of the foundation poured. I didn’t take pictures today cause I didn’t know what it was but I’ll update with pictures since I commute through here every day.
 

Hyde Park gas and towing magnate branching out into housing with Hyde Park Avenue proposal​


By adamg on Tue, 04/09/2024 - 2:38pm
Rendering of proposed Hyde Park Avenue building


“The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a proposal by Elias Akiki to build a four-story, nine-unit residential building at 1015 Hyde Park Ave. in Hyde Park, currently a parking lot and home of one of the larger Madonna shrines on the street.
Akiki will sign an agreement with the city to market one of the units as affordable, his lawyer, Ryan Spitz, said.
The building will have nine parking spaces, seven of them covered.
Through aides, Councilors Enrique Pepén and Erin Murphy supported the proposal.
Craig Martin of the Hyde Park Neighborhood Association said he was not opposed to the proposal except aesthetically.
"Why does this have to be basically a square straight building?" he asked. "There are no unique attributes at all to the building, it's just not attractive." The association as a whole voted to support the proposal.”

https://www.universalhub.com/2024/hyde-park-garage-and-towing-magnate-branching-out
 
Koopzilla24 said:

36-40 Sprague Street | Bostonplans.org

Development Projects and Planned Development Areas (PDAs) that the Development Review division is coordinating.
www.bostonplans.org www.bostonplans.org


This project is officially under construction with the land cleared and most of the foundation poured. I didn’t take pictures today cause I didn’t know what it was but I’ll update with pictures since I commute through here every day.
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Every picture i take is too blurry because I'm on a moving Franklin Line train but all the foundational pours are complete and the first level of the central support/elevator shaft has been poured and set. They were working on prepping for the second shaft pour this morning whilst other crews appeared to be preparing the perimeter wall foundations for framing.
 

Board approves plans for new residential building that saves large tree in neighborhood named for all the trees​


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“The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans for a six-unit residential building at 72 Hyde Park Ave. in Forest Hills that preserves a large, 150-year-old oak tree on the site.

Neighbors organized to save the tree last year after developer Vladimir Sirotin proposed tearing down the tree to make room for his three-story building, which will replace a two-family house he had earlier razed there. At the time, Sirotin said construction work would likely kill the tree, anyway, so better to chop it down safely.

But the plans the board approved today show a 3 1/2-story building, which will let Sirotin preserve the six units he wanted, while chopping off enough of the building's proposed rear that the tree can be protected during construction, which the residents wanted…”

https://www.universalhub.com/2024/large-tree-saved-neighborhood-named-all-trees
 
stick n move said:

Board approves plans for new residential building that saves large tree in neighborhood named for all the trees​


72 Hyde Park Ave. rendering


“The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans for a six-unit residential building at 72 Hyde Park Ave. in Forest Hills that preserves a large, 150-year-old oak tree on the site.

Neighbors organized to save the tree last year after developer Vladimir Sirotin proposed tearing down the tree to make room for his three-story building, which will replace a two-family house he had earlier razed there. At the time, Sirotin said construction work would likely kill the tree, anyway, so better to chop it down safely.

But the plans the board approved today show a 3 1/2-story building, which will let Sirotin preserve the six units he wanted, while chopping off enough of the building's proposed rear that the tree can be protected during construction, which the residents wanted…”

https://www.universalhub.com/2024/large-tree-saved-neighborhood-named-all-trees
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It's funny, I look at these handsome old houses on this very stretch often as homes that, while beautiful, no longer belong here and ought to be replaced by denser units. Yet, seeing this happening now, I am a bit sad, even as I think HPA should basically be rebuilt at least down to Walk Hill with larger buildings.

Edit. Also, this is actually JP not Hyde Park. Mods, can you please move these posts over to JP?
 
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