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A project by Boston developer Urbanica will create 114 affordable housing units on a publicly-owned parcel in Roxbury’s Nubian Square, including 47 income-restricted condominiums.
The Nuba project at 400 Melnea Cass Boulevard is among 13 developments approved this week by the Boston Planning and Development Agency totaling 567 residential units.
BPDA directors designated Urbanica as the site’s tentative developer in 2021. The parcel is among a series of vacant city- and state-owned parcels being offered to developers for housing production and economic development in and around Nubian Square.
Currently a 1.1-acre parking lot, the parcel 8 site will be redeveloped with a pair of adjoining buildings totaling 110,000 square feet. The housing mix includes 60 apartments, 44 condominiums, four artist live-work units and one live-work condo.
The project’s commercial space includes five art studios, a 3,000-square-foot exhibition and a cafe space. Apartments will be reserved for households earning from 30 to 120 percent of the area median income, while the condos will be offered to households in the 60- to 120-percent AMI range.
The BPDA approved over 876,000 square feet of new projects at its June meeting, including multifamily projects in Brighton, Dorchester, Hyde Park, Mattapan, Roslindale and South Boston.
The 554-562 Columbia Road in Dorchester, the Fox Hall building will be restored as a 65-unit all-affordable housing development while retaining its existing retail tenants and single-room-occupancy units.
In South Boston, a former church at 354 E St. will be converted into 35 apartments. Cedarwood Development will retain the facade of the church while creating a mix of one- and two-bedroom units in the 6-story building. Cedarwood also received approval for a 4-story, 24-unit apartment building at 363 E St.
In Mattapan, a commercial building at 1525 Blue Hill Ave. will be demolished to create a 5-story, 16-unit residential building, including ground floor space for the property’s existing tenant Perspectives Health Services.
At 270 West Second St. in South Boston, an 81-unit apartment building will replace a former seafood processing plan.
At 7 Dana Ave. in Hyde Park, a 27-unit apartment complex will replace a four-unit multifamily structure. In Roslindale, approved projects included a 31-unit apartment complex at 59-63 Belgrade Ave. and 27-unit rental building at 635 Hyde Park Ave.
Two apartment projects were approved in Brighton: a 61-unit complex at 40 Soldiers Field Place, and a 39-unit renovated building and addition at 1789 Commonwealth Ave.
And in Mission Hill, a pair of duplexes will be replaced with a 6-story, 47-unit apartment building at 1-4 Terrace St.
