Boston Planning & Development Agency officials approved proposals to build 544 housing units and conversion of a pair of commercial buildings in South Boston and the South End into laboratory space.
After eye-catching plans were released for the 29-story “One Mystic” apartment tower in Charlestown, questions remained about the little-known firm behind the project.
The timeline for construction of the MBTA’s West Station in Allston is still in flux, but a Brookline developer is planning for the transit hub’s future arrival as it moves forward with permitting for a $104-million apartment tower.
Millennial housing. Innovation units. Studio apartments. Compact living units. Whatever you call them, developments featuring tiny spaces are popping up again fueled by singles and couples looking for a place to rest their heads within city limits.
Developers received Boston Planning and Development Agency approval Thursday for 802 housing units, including 378 compact living-style apartments at a pair of properties in Allston and Dorchester.
Boston’s two-year-old experiment with a new compact living model has attracted steadily increasing interest from housing developers willing to take a flier on its financial promises of lower costs.
A Jamaica Plain restaurant supplier’s property is the latest potential proving ground for Boston’s compact living program.
A former Boston University office building could become Boston’s next experiment in the compact living model.
Developer LBC Boston is seeking approval for the largest project yet to be approved under Boston’s two-year-old compact living pilot. Margarita Kvacheva is helping guide the $140 million Allston Green project. a three-building complex spanning 256,000 square feet and 350 apartments at the corner of Linden and Pratt streets in Allston.
A Boston development team is seeking to transform a 13-parcel site behind South Bay Center with construction of a 213,590-square-foot multifamily complex, including 70 compact living units and 166 conventional residences.
