The Boston Redevelopment Authority board recently approved several new projects estimated to create 1,400 new jobs and invest more than $325 million into the city.
The projects include:
- Six acres of land to be developed into a 177-room hotel accompanied by more than 10,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space in East Boston at the corner of William F. McClellan Highway and Boardman Street. The development team includes MC-EB Realty, Marshall Properties, Bohler Engineering, BMA Architectural Group, GZA, Nutter McClennan & Fish, Suffolk Construction, Tech Environmental, and Vanasse & Associates, Inc
- A 112,000 square foot 10-story educational building for Suffolk University at 20 Somerset St.
- A renovation at the Edward W. Brooke Charter School at the corner of Byron and Bennington Streets in East Boston. The school will renovate the former Dom Savio High School and add a 3 story addition, replacing two residential structures at 617 Bennington and 619 Bennington Streets.
- The 32-story Nashua Street Residences, including 503 residential units and a 2-story public, retail arcade, in the North Station area. The project site is bounded by Nashua Street, Partners Healthcare, North Station, and the Thomas P. O’Neill Federal Building. Units will include a mix of studios, one-bedrooms, two-bedrooms, and 32 three-bedroom units. The residences will also include 219 parking spaces.
- Starboard Place and its 54 residential units will be constructed on a vacant parcel at 1st Avenue and 9th Street in the Charlestown Navy Yard. The 54 units will include 11 affordable ones.
