With plans for a major redevelopment of the Whiskey Priest and Atlantic Beer Garden property in the works, Boston Redevelopment Authority officials tonight will begin updating a blueprint for public access and transportation improvements affecting a 108-acre area of the South Boston waterfront.

The municipal harbor plan citizens advisory committee will meet from 6-8 p.m. tonight at District Hall, 75 Northern Ave.

Boston-based Cronin Group, the owner of the two establishments, recently filed plans to build a 22-story, 263,000-square-foot tower containing 110 condos on the parcel at 150 Seaport Boulevard.

The proposal has prompted the BRA to launch an updated planning process for the area, which is surrounded by development activity. A venture led by New York-based developer Tishman Speyer began site work this week for a 13-story office building on the adjacent Pier 4 property, which also will include a nine-story condo complex scheduled to begin in 2017.

The state’s Chapter 91 statute regulates development on waterfront properties and requires owners to provide public access. Although Cronin Group has not submitted a detailed proposal to the BRA yet, it announced that it will extend the Boston HarborWalk around the property, filling in a gap between Pier 4 and Commonwealth Pier.

While the planning process will comprise the entire 108-acre area, a single-site amendment will be developed for 150 Seaport Boulevard, according to the BRA. Recent transportation planning, open space and urban design priorities and climate resiliency measures will be part of the updated plan, the BRA announced.

The existing waterfront plan was adopted in 2000 and helped guide redevelopment of the Fan Pier property into office and condominium towers. It did not take into account the restaurant parcels, which had been occupied by seafood markets through the late 1990s.

Panel Looks At Redevelopment Of Whiskey Priest Parcel, Waterfront Plan Update

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