Jamaica Plain Infill and Small Developments

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Six-Story Building Proposed for Property Across from Forest Hills Station​

Man, this block is really making a run at the crown of Capital of Shitty Five-Over-One.

 

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121 Brookside Avenue

“A Quincy-based developer has acquired 121 Brookside Avenue for $3.1 million, securing $8.875 million in financing through Unitas Funding to support a new mixed-use development. Plans for the property include the construction of a four-story building featuring two artist live/work spaces and 11 garage parking spaces on the ground floor, with 21 residential units above…….”

JP Development Site Acquired for $3.1M

JP Development Site Acquired for $3.1M

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The former Doyle’s Pub redevelopment on Washington Street (5/1/26) -

 

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I dont think it's a good project at all, but it's sad to hear that the Arboretum apparently was offered the option of expanding its footprint and declined—they probably could have gotten some sort of city and state support for such a purchase, which could have led to a much greener presence as you head toward Arborway. The hypocrisy stuff is unsurprising.

In Letter to Garber, Nuns Allege Arboretum Director Has ‘Troubling Pattern’ of Opposing Developments | News | The Harvard Crimson

The Poor Clare Nuns wrote to Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 alleging that Arboretum Director Ned Friedman has spent nearly two years blocking their monastery redevelopment — while waving through a project tied to Harvard Medical School.

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I dont think it's a good project at all, but it's sad to hear that the Arboretum apparently was offered the option of expanding its footprint and declined—they probably could have gotten some sort of city and state support for such a purchase, which could have led to a much greener presence as you head toward Arborway. The hypocrisy stuff is unsurprising.

In Letter to Garber, Nuns Allege Arboretum Director Has ‘Troubling Pattern’ of Opposing Developments | News | The Harvard Crimson

The Poor Clare Nuns wrote to Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 alleging that Arboretum Director Ned Friedman has spent nearly two years blocking their monastery redevelopment — while waving through a project tied to Harvard Medical School.

www.thecrimson.com

While the nuns waited for months to meet with Boston Chief of Planning Kairos Shen, Friedman maintained consistent communication with Shen about his opposition to their project.

It's Harvard's town and we're all just living in it.

Kudos to the Crimson for calling this out.

 

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3326 Washington Street​

“The Proposed Project, as amended by the May 20th 2026, Notice of Project Change (NPC), calls for the construction of a five (5)-story residential building totaling approximately 43,825 Gross Square Feet and including approximately forty-Six (46) residential rental units, nine (9) of which will be Inclusionary Development Policy Units.”

3326 Washington Street | Bostonplans.org

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

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90-year-old Boston monastery now to be demolished for 158-unit project​

“A former monastery in Boston's Jamaica Plain neighborhood is now planned for demolition to make way for a five-story residential building.

Sixteen Penny Co. now proposes a five-story building on a smaller footprint with a 50-foot wooded buffer from the arboretum. The nuns moved out in 2023.”

https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2026/06/09/90-year-old-former-monastery-now-proposed-for-demo.html

 

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Rogerson House Redevelopment Project Receives Full Zoning Approval​

Rogerson House Redevelopment Project Receives Full Zoning Approval​

“At the beginning of June, Rogerson Communities received full zoning approval from the City of Boston for our Rogerson House redevelopment project in Jamaica Plain. This approval, granted unanimously by Boston’s Zoning Board of Appeals, caps off a two-year entitlements process involving multiple public meetings, design reviews, and stakeholder discussions.

Originally opened in 1997 as the Boston Alzheimer’s Center, Rogerson House was the first assisted living community in Greater Boston to care exclusively for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. Our flagship community will now be redeveloped to contemporary standards with a wide array of improvements.
The new Rogerson House will consist of 66 memory care residences, a doubling of the number of memory care units on site…..”

Rogerson House Redevelopment Project Receives Full Zoning Approval

Rogerson House Redevelopment Project Receives Full Zoning Approval

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Small development, big problems in Boston’s housing pipeline - The Boston Globe

Monastery demolition latest attempt to appease the Boston housing gods.

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Last Wednesday, JPNDC and Causeway Development celebrated a milestone years in the making with the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Brookley Flats, one of the largest 100% affordable homeownership… | Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation

Last Wednesday, JPNDC and Causeway Development celebrated a milestone years in the making with the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Brookley Flats, one of the largest 100% affordable homeownership developments in Boston completed to date. With 45 affordable homes now occupied, Brookley Flats is...

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10 Stonley Road — MPZ Development

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