The Boston Redevelopment Authority has approved projects for a mixed-use residential development on the East Boston waterfront and a community health center in Mattapan.
The New Street development on the East Boston waterfront will include a restaurant, a new section of the Harborwalk and a small marina with a water taxi landing.
In Mattapan, the Mattapan Community Health Center received approval for its new, expanded health center.
The $90 million New Street development project, located at 6-26 New St., includes a 278,000-square-foot mixed-use addition to an existing 9-story building. The existing 9-story structure will be renovated to include a 7-story addition that will include approximately 165 residential units.
A new 6-story building will either contain approximately 59 residential units or approximately 106 hotel/extended stay rooms. The project also includes approximately 8,000 square feet of public accommodation space, of which approximately 5,000 square feet will be used as a restaurant on the ground-level of the six-story building.
Additionally, the project includes the creation of a 36-slip recreational marina and water taxi landing, and approximately 500 linear feet of new Harborwalk and publicly accessible open space along the water, which will improve public access to the waterfront and provide connections to LoPresti Park.
The project will be phased, beginning with the redevelopment of the 9-story building and the construction of the parking garage. The Harborwalk and water taxi landing will be constructed during Phase I. Phase II involves the construction of the new 6-story building, which includes the restaurant, and 36-slip recreational marina.
Construction is expected to begin on the first phase in 2012.
A new, 4-story health center will be built at 1575 Blue Hill Ave. in Mattapan, just down the road from its current site at 1425 Blue Hill Ave.
The new facility will house clinical and office space, and two retail tenants on the ground floor with a total square footage of roughly 49,500 square feet.
Currently, patients have once-a-month access to an off-site mammography van. The new facility includes the installation of a mammography suite. Other new services to be introduced include behavioral health services and expanded public health programs.
The new facility will double the current site’s available space to 35,000 square feet for the health center plus 14,500 square feet for two retail tenants. Rental income from these two tenants will help support the construction of the new facility.
The building is expected to achieve at least LEED Silver certification The design incorporates many energy-efficient, water conservation and air quality features into the building and site, according to a statement.
The project is expected to create 60 new construction jobs, 45 jobs for the retail tenants, and 20 new permanent jobs in the new health center.
The development team plans to begin the construction of the project in the first quarter of 2011 with an estimated completion date in the first quarter of 2012.
