A Boston development company has filed plans for a "distinctive" 44-unit condo tower at 55 India St. in Boston.

Boston Residential Development LLC proposes a 12-story, 67,000-square-foot building with 4,000 square feet of ground-floor and mezzanine-level retail or restaurant space on the 7,100-square-foot site overlooking the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway.

"The project will continue the improvement of the area by filling in a gap along the Greenway, and enlivening the area and enhancing the pedestrian experience by creating new commercial space, possibly with an outdoor café sheltered by a building overhang, fronting Surface Artery and the Greenway," the developers wrote in their submission to the Boston Redevelopment Authority.

The property contains a 15-space public parking lot and 10 Zipcar spaces. No parking is included in the plans, but the developers said they will work with nearby garages to provide parking for residents.

Pending approvals, the project is expected to begin in early 2015 and take 16 months to complete.