Developers have submitted plans to build 867 apartments at a pair of redevelopment sites in Boston’s South End and Jamaica Plain neighborhoods.
Boston-based Leggat McCall Properties is partnering with Multi-Employer Property Trust and MEPT’s real estate adviser, Bentall Kennedy, on a 700-unit development planned for 2.5 acres in the South End that they acquired in January from Boston Medical Center.
The project would demolish four buildings to make way for two residential buildings ranging from 11 to 19 stories, including affordable rentals on-site and ground-floor restaurant or gallery space, according to a project notification form submitted to the Boston Redevelopment Authority.
The partnership acquired the buildings at 660 and 720 Harrison Ave., 575 Albany St., 100 East Canton St., and 123 East Dedham St. as Boston Medical Center consolidates its real estate. Boston Medical Center has leased 171,800 square feet at the Schrafft Center in Charlestown to relocate staff from 800 Harrison Ave. and Copley Place, according to a report in the Boston Business Journal.
The building at 575 Albany St. would be retained and renovated. The project designs call for a green between the two apartment buildings and a “pocket park,” and a surface parking lot would be replaced with an underground garage.
The investment reflects the Boston area’s strong economic growth, according to a statement by David Antonelli, portfolio manager for the $7.3-billion MEPT fund at Bentall Kennedy.
Developers also have filed detailed plans with the Boston Redevelopment Authority to convert a vacant Jamaica Plain property into a 167-unit residential complex.
Boston-based Samuels & Assoc. and Eden Properties LLC of Cambridge submitted plans last week for the 2-acre property at 201 South Huntington Ave., the former Goddard House nursing home which was built in 1926 and closed in 2012.
The existing structure would be renovated and expanded to accommodate 110 apartments, with a new 57-unit building for the balance of the units. The development calls for 83 parking spaces.
Fifteen percent of the units will be set aside for moderate and middle-income households under the city’s inclusionary development policy, according to the project notification form submitted by VHB.
