The New Residential Conversion Thread

- 2 approvals

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.”

16-18 Hawley Street | Bostonplans.org

Development Projects and Planned Development Areas (PDAs) that the Development Review division is coordinating.
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123 North Washington Street​

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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
 
-Approved

295-297 Franklin Street​

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“The proposed project is contemplated as part of the Downtown Office to Residential Conversion Program and consists of the re-use of a pre-existing five (5) story building located at 295-297 Franklin Street in downtown Boston from its present occupancy of commercial space on the ground floor, and upper-story offices, to approximately 744 square feet of ground floor retail and eighteen (18) new dwelling units on floors one through five. Located in the B-10 Zoning Subdistrict, the site consists of a 2,430 square foot lot with existing gross floor area of 14,580 square feet, which includes a basement to be re-purposed for bike storage and other building services.”

295-297 Franklin Street | Bostonplans.org

Development Projects and Planned Development Areas (PDAs) that the Development Review division is coordinating.
www.bostonplans.org www.bostonplans.org
 
-Its super hard to keep track which projects have been posted in here before vs which have not. I always ending up having to go back through multiple pages. Theres is another residential conversion on milk st, but I didnt see this one in here. Regardless its now under review.

150 Milk Street​

“The project involves the conversion of a partially occupied office building into a residential community, introducing approximately 18 new multifamily dwelling units across floors two through five. The ground floor will be reconfigured to include a residential lobby, associated amenities, and a mix of office and/or retail uses designed to activate the street level and contribute to the area’s evolving mixed-use fabric.”

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2025-07-11_Small Project Review Application (SPRA)_150 Milk Street.pdf | Powered by Box

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-263 Summer st.

“We just broke ground (wall!) to start construction at Boston’s newest office-to-residential housing conversion! This project will create 77 new homes—including 15 income-restricted units—in Fort Point.

We launched our Office-to-Residential Conversion program less than two years ago, and we already have nearly 800 units of housing in the pipeline. That’s space for more than a thousand new residents!

Downtown Boston is booming. Since taking office, nearly 20 companies have moved in or expanded downtown, bringing more than 8,500 jobs with them. Additionally, for three straight quarters, more companies are signing office leases to renew, expand, or arrive downtown than departing, and we’ve nearly halved our office vacancy compared to two-and-a-half years ago.

We know that making Boston a home for everyone means taking a thoughtful, creative approach to everything we do while leveraging every available tool and resource to take on the regional housing crisis. That’s why we are all so excited about the progress we’re making downtown to create more housing where it’s needed.”

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stick n move said:
-263 Summer st.

“We just broke ground (wall!) to start construction at Boston’s newest office-to-residential housing conversion! This project will create 77 new homes—including 15 income-restricted units—in Fort Point.

We launched our Office-to-Residential Conversion program less than two years ago, and we already have nearly 800 units of housing in the pipeline. That’s space for more than a thousand new residents!

Downtown Boston is booming. Since taking office, nearly 20 companies have moved in or expanded downtown, bringing more than 8,500 jobs with them. Additionally, for three straight quarters, more companies are signing office leases to renew, expand, or arrive downtown than departing, and we’ve nearly halved our office vacancy compared to two-and-a-half years ago.

We know that making Boston a home for everyone means taking a thoughtful, creative approach to everything we do while leveraging every available tool and resource to take on the regional housing crisis. That’s why we are all so excited about the progress we’re making downtown to create more housing where it’s needed.”

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Particular to 263 Summer Street - - 77 residential units and 3 Commercial/Retail (probably ground floor restaurant/cafe/store) units.

259-267 Summer Street | Bostonplans.org

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

Look, this is all good and positive, but the Mayor touting "We launched our Office-to-Residential Conversion program less than two years ago, and we already have nearly 800 units of housing in the pipeline. That’s space for more than a thousand new residents!" needs clarification - - only 141 units have actually started conversion in the almost 2 years - - the rest are "in the pipeline" (we all know what that means). These are disappointing numbers for a major city.

.....but she has a talented crew of wordsmiths in her PR department.

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stick n move said:
-263 Summer st.

“We just broke ground (wall!) to start construction at Boston’s newest office-to-residential housing conversion! This project will create 77 new homes—including 15 income-restricted units—in Fort Point.

We launched our Office-to-Residential Conversion program less than two years ago, and we already have nearly 800 units of housing in the pipeline. That’s space for more than a thousand new residents!

Downtown Boston is booming. Since taking office, nearly 20 companies have moved in or expanded downtown, bringing more than 8,500 jobs with them. Additionally, for three straight quarters, more companies are signing office leases to renew, expand, or arrive downtown than departing, and we’ve nearly halved our office vacancy compared to two-and-a-half years ago.

We know that making Boston a home for everyone means taking a thoughtful, creative approach to everything we do while leveraging every available tool and resource to take on the regional housing crisis. That’s why we are all so excited about the progress we’re making downtown to create more housing where it’s needed.”

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Went by here today and it's in full swing (and presumably was before the press event). Several of the lower floors have louvers removed for new windows and they're clearly running demo with disposal chutes visible. Those renders also look great, and Fort Point can always use more shops, restaurants, and cafes. Such a nice looking building, and glad it will have a good long life as residential.
 
mssrro said:
7/26-7/27
101 Tremont Street (Student housing - 280 units)

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Home of the Brave(s)
101 Tremont Street in Boston has a history tied to the Major Adino Paddock building, which housed the Boston Braves' headquarters and the offices of club president James E. Gaffney. The building itself is an 11-story office structure located across from the Granary Burial Ground. Gaffney used this location to negotiate the purchase of the Allston Golf Club, which he later transformed into the "Home of the Braves". The building's name honors Major Paddock, a significant figure in Boston's pre-Revolutionary War era
 
CBCArch61 said:
When did this happen? Feel like that would've gotten a decent amount of attention.
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It started temporarily as a COVID/overenrollment measure (the hotel was empty and NEU overenrolled by ~1000 in 2021ish and needed somewhere to put everyone) and then they applied to make it permanent which is probably why it didn’t get much press - it’s been used for students for like 4 years now
 

Work begins on residential redevelopment of Sacred Heart in East Cambridge​


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“Renovations began at The Rose on Sixth Street, an adaptive reuse project at the former Sacred Heart church rectory and school in East Cambridge.

Developer Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH) plans to convert the property into 46 affordable apartments, including one-, two- and three-bedroom units. These homes will be reserved for households making a range of incomes below 80% of area median income.
POAH plans to maintain the property’s architectural integrity and restore its historical exterior facades.

“POAH looks forward to transforming this historic property into well-designed, high quality and attractive apartments that will offer critical housing opportunities to residents who would otherwise not be able to afford to live in the city of Cambridge,” said POAH President/CEO Aaron Gornstein in a press release. “We are grateful for the support and collaboration of our partners, all of whom are making this exciting project possible.”

Construction on The Rose on Sixth Street is set for completion by winter 2027.”

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Work begins on residential redevelopment of Sacred Heart in East Cambridge - Boston Agent Magazine

Developer Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH) plans to convert the property into 46 affordable apartments.
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44 Units Planned for Back Bay Office Conversion​

“The owner of 419 Boylston Street in Back Bay is planning a residential conversion of the 44,000 square foot office. Plans call for 44 apartments, a mix of studio & 1 bedrooms. The existing ground-floor retail space will be retained.”

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44 Units Planned for Back Bay Office Conversion

44 Units Planned for Back Bay Office Conversion
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The Boston Wharf Co building is beautiful and in a great location, it'll make ideal pied-a-terres for the Monday-to-Friday crowd who are looking for party/bang/crash pads. I can't really see the above conversions making a dent in local res needs, but it'll be a boon for C-Suite suburban types.
 

South End Office Set for Resi Conversion Trades for $24M​

“A NY-based real estate firm has acquired 95 Berkeley Street for $24,000,000. In July, the firm filed a letter of intent to convert the upper floors of the office property into 92 residential units. While plans have not yet been officially approved, the developer also closed on a $46,908,348 construciton loan through Earlsfort US Real Estate.”

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South End Office Set for Resi Conversion Trades for $24M

South End Office Set for Resi Conversion Trades for $24M
www.bldup.com www.bldup.com
 
damn, they out here spending the best part of 800k per unit and the best use case for these parcels next door is surface parking :rolleyes:
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I imagine there's some ownership/regulatory/development lore I don't know about, but still
 
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