The New Residential Conversion Thread

737900er said:
Relatedly, but I don't think the conversion program would have been as successful if Roche Bros hadn't taken over the Filene's Basement space in 2015. Downtown is less appealing if it's a food desert. The next closest option is Trader Joes in Seaport.
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And I think, similarly, the big Star Market recently added to North Station helps with the viability of residential in the Bulfinch Triangle area...both the existing/recent apartment buildings, and the current Residential Conversion proposals there through the city program
 
-Now that the office leases have expired 123 washington is officially up for residential conversion.

123 North Washington Street​

North End

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“The proposed project at 123 North Washington Street is part of the Office to Residential Conversion Program. The Proponent (Copper Mill North End, LLC) is proposing to convert the existing five story office building to residential use. The proposed building will have 45 units and ground floor retail.”

https://www.bostonplans.org/projects/development-projects/123-n-washington-street
 
Often in surprising ways, though, such as these most recent proposals.
 
The vast majority of these proposals boil down to “quirky pre-war buildings with character are better suited to residential than office,” which is something I fully support. Let office tenants use the more modern large floor-plate boxes and towers built with their needs in mind.
 

16-18 Hawley Street​

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“Office to Residential conversion of an existing 11-story office condominium at the Project Site (“Unit 2”) from a commercial/office/business use to residential apartments in accordance with the Downtown Office to Residential Conversion Pilot Program (the “Pilot Program”), with Unit 2 consisting of approximately 86,730 square feet of Gross Floor Area (“GFA”) and approximately and 95,037 Gross Square Feet (“GSF”) (the “Project”). The Project will provide one hundred and ten (110) residential rental apartments floors two (2) to eleven (11) and associated amenities in the building’s mezzanine and basement. The existing Retail Use on the first floor (Unit 1, separately owned and leased to the US Postal Service for a Post Office) will remain unchanged, as will the exterior of the building. The unit mix will be comprised of twenty (20) studio apartments, seventy-two (72) one-bedroom apartments, and eighteen (18) two-bedroom apartments.”
https://www.bostonplans.org/projects/development-projects/16-18-hawley-street
 
Looks like this is the same 31 Milk Street proposal from a few weeks/months ago. But since most of the ground floor will remain commercial with the commercial entry on Milk, they're branding this as 16-18 Hawley. Floorplan for the ground floor below with the Milk St front door highlighted. In any case, looks like real forward progress on yet another conversion.

Also, yet another plug for anyone reading this to go write into the public comments section if you support this project. It's a small ask, but it's only ever the NIMBYs who write in to these things to oppose new developments.

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