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.
Two fires set at a compact living development under construction in Allston were attempted arson, according to a Boston Fire Department investigation.
A South Boston developer is seeking approval for 90 compact living-style apartments and generous resident amenity spaces in an 88,339-square-foot development near the South Bay Center.
Developers seeking to build a $55 million rental complex in Allston have dropped 93 microapartments from the designs in the latest attempt to gain city approval.
A half-acre cluster of parcels off Dorchester Avenue could be redeveloped with 80 studio apartments with an average size of 450 square feet in the latest proposal under Boston’s compact living pilot.
