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An offering to redevelop the Boston Public Library’s West End branch attracted eight proposals that could create over 100 new affordable housing units and new civic space.

The Mayor’s Office of Housing is overseeing the process of selecting a developer for the 151 Cambridge St. property, in a program designed to use municipal properties to generate housing production.

Eight development teams, including nonprofits and private developers that have an affordable housing focus, responded to a recent request for proposals. The Mayor’s Office of Housing will host virtual hearings at 6 p.m. on July 18 and 25 for developer presentations.

Developers were required to include 19,000 square feet for a new library branch that would be leased at no cost. The property is offered through a 99-year ground lease, with a minimum bid of $14.64 per square foot of developed floor area.

The respondents include local nonprofits and developers specializing in the affordable housing sector.

Beacon Communities and Mattapan-based Caribbean Integration Community Development Corp. propose a $63.8 million development with 84 senior housing units, including 54 reserved for households earning 30 percent or lower of area median income.

Trinity Financial and Norfolk Design and Construction submitted a plan for 180 affordable units, a majority of them two- and three-bedroom units, in a 21-story tower.

In a project estimated at $115 million, Preservation of Affordable Housing and Caste Capital propose 119 units of affordable housing in a 12-story mass timber-framed building designed to Passive House standards.

Evergreen Redevelopment, a division of Chicago-based Evergreen Real Estate Group, and Boston-based Urban Edge Housing Corp. propose a “visually stunning narrow tower” including 85 housing units at 80 percent or lower of AMI in a 9-story housing tower above a ground-floor library branch.

Multifamily developer Pennrose submitted plans for a mass timber building including 121 affordable units and 25,000 square feet of library space.

The Michaels Organization of Camden, New Jersey proposes a 14-story building including a 2-story library branch and 90 affordable units.

A partnership between The Community Builders and Boston-based JGED Development, a minority-owned business led by Jonathan Garland, proposes a 10-story building, including a 87 apartments for households earning 30 to 80 percent of area median income.

And the Planning Office of Urban Affairs partnered with CSI Support & Development Services on a proposal for 97 units of senior and “family-centric” housing and a 2-story library branch.