City officials hoped developers would build more units per acre and pass along the savings to residents. It hasn’t turned out that way, and it’s an open question whether the pilot that permitted around 2,000 units in three years will come back.
Developer Scape said it’s next project in the Fenway will include 400 apartments in a 285,000-square-foot building at 2 Charlesgate West.
As the Fenway, Chinatown and South End continue to face gentrification and housing displacement pressures, contributions from four private developers could deliver more than 700 new income-restricted housing units in coming years.
Developer Scape’s revised plans for the Fenway neighborhood call for three residential towers containing 1,357 units, including a 220-unit affordable housing tower at 2 Charlesgate West.
