BRA board
approves 130 units of housing and selects developer for new hotel on South
Boston Waterfront
Also
approves placemaking study for I-90 Allston interchange
BOSTON – The Board of Directors for
the Boston Redevelopment Authority last night approved housing projects in
Allston-Brighton and Roxbury that will create a combined 128 units, many of
which will be restricted as affordable. The $47 million worth of new development
is expected to create 131 construction jobs.
Other significant items that were
approved include a tentative designation for Harbinger Development to build a
405 room hotel in the Boston Marine Industrial Park and a contract that will
allow The Cecil Group to conduct a placemaking study for MassDOT’s I-90 Allston
interchange reconfiguration project.
Last night’s meeting was the first
for new board members Priscilla Rojas and
Carol Downs. Ms. Rojas was elected Vice Chair of the board, and Ms. Downs was
elected Treasurer.
Below is a summary of the projects
that were approved.
Next phase of Charlesview redevelopment in Allston set to move
forward at 180 Telford Street
Total Project Cost: $35,000,000
Total SF: 92,806
Construction Jobs: 89
The BRA board approved a third
amendment to the Charlesview Development Plan that will allow up to 88
homeownership units to be constructed on Telford Street in Allston-Brighton.
The redevelopment of Charlesview, which was originally created through urban
renewal in the 1970s, has unfolded over the last several years and will
ultimately create 340 new units of mixed-income housing along with new community,
commercial, and open space. Much of the new residential neighborhood along
Western Avenue is already complete, including the Town Homes at Brighton Mills,
which opened earlier this year.
The latest phase, which is being
marketed as Telford 180, will be
constructed on a 31,500 square foot parcel of land located at the corner of
Telford Street and Western Avenue that currently consists of three vacant
buildings. The structures will be demolished to make way for as many as 88
homeownership units in addition to a public plaza that fronts onto Western
Avenue, a large courtyard for residents, 4,600 square feet of amenity space,
and a rowing room. Based on feedback from the community, parking was reduced
from 150 spaces to 84 spaces. There will also be on-site bicycle storage.
The project is being developed by DIV
Telford, LLC, an affiliate of the Davis Companies. It was designed by
architects from Cube 3 Studio.
The Clarion project to add affordable housing along Dorchester’s
Blue Hill Avenue
Total Project Cost: $12,000,000
Total SF: 57,971
Construction Jobs: 42
The Community Builders won approval
to construct a four story, mixed-use building with 38 apartments and a two
family home along Blue Hill Avenue in Roxbury. The project, known as The Clarion, will
revitalize several vacant parcels with much needed affordable housing in
addition to providing 6,000 square feet of ground floor retail space. The
38-unit building will have a mix of one- and two-bedroom apartments, while the
adjacent two family home at the corner of Blue Hill Avenue and Holborn Street
will have two, three-bedroom units. Of the 40 total units in the project, 32
will deed-restricted as affordable in accordance with an agreement between the
developer and the city’s Department of Neighborhood Development. The remaining
eight units will be available for rent at market rates.
Designed by architecture firm Stull
and Lee, The Clarion will also include landscaped public open space at the
corner of Blue Hill Avenue and Quincy Street. Residents and visitors will have
access to 32 off-street parking spaces and bicycle storage. The Community
Builders hopes to begin construction on the $12 million project this fall, with
completion estimated by winter 2016.
Harbinger Development receives tentative designation for hotel
in Boston Marine Industrial Park
Total Project Cost: TBD
Total SF: TBD
Construction Jobs: TBD
The South Boston Waterfront, already
a hotbed of development activity, received another boost as the board of the
Economic Development and Industrial Corporation (EDIC), the BRA’s sister
agency, granted tentative designation to Harbinger Development to construct a
405 room hotel in the Boston Marine Industrial Park. The project, which is
still in the early stages, would be built on a 51,000 square foot parcel
located off of Summer Street. The hotel would include over 6,500 square feet of
restaurant and retail space, 4,000 square feet of function space, and an indoor
pool. Harbinger is in talks with Hilton Worldwide to operate the hotel. Perkins
+ Will is the project architect.
Known as Parcel A, the site is one of
two locations in the industrial park that is not limited to either maritime or
industrial use. The developer proposes to lease the land under a 70-year
agreement with EDIC.
Harbinger has developed several
hotels in Boston, including the Aloft and Element, which are expected to open
in early 2016 across from the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Hotel
Buckminster in Kenmore Square, and the Ames Hotel downtown.
Cecil Group selected to conduct placemaking study for I-90
Allston interchange as MassDOT pursues Turnpike reconfiguration
The Cecil Group will work with the
BRA, Harvard University, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, and
the Boston Transportation Department on a placemaking study related to the
planned reconfiguration of the Allston interchange portion of the Mass Pike.
The turnpike project, being led by MassDOT, would realign and straighten a
large section of the aging piece of infrastructure and unlock the redevelopment
potential of a former rail yard that Harvard now owns.
The $100,000 study, which is expected
to take about six months to complete, will evaluate MassDOT’s current design
for realigning the roadway to ensure that it allows for the successful creation
of a vibrant new neighborhood in the future.
About the Boston Redevelopment
Authority
As the City of Boston’s urban
planning and economic development agency, the BRA works in partnership with the
community to plan Boston's future while respecting its past. The agency’s
passionate and knowledgeable staff guides physical, social, and economic change
in Boston’s neighborhoods and its downtown to shape a more prosperous,
resilient, and vibrant city for all. The BRA also prepares residents for new
opportunities through employment training, human services and job creation.
Learn more at www.bostonredevelopmentauthority.org, and follow
us on Twitter @BostonRedevelop.
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