Politics & Government
Jackson Square Part of Housing Surge
The 103-unit development is part of a new housing rush in the city.
If you know someone who needs a home in Boston, the Boston Redevelopment Authority may be able to help.
The agency oversaw groundbreakings on 1,000 new housing units in the last quarter of 2011, and is presently monitoring 3,360 under construction.
The 25 projects under way range from the small—like the six-unit Newbury Street property being constructed in cooperation with Centremark Properties—to the large—like the 103-unit currently under construction by The Community Builders, Inc. on Centre Street.
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“[In 2012], we broke ground on 26 projects, investing $2.4 billion in our city,” said Melina Schuler, a spokeswoman for the authority. “This includes numerous multifamily residential projects.”
In the last decade, Schuler said, the authority has built more than 20,000 new housing units, “that’s more than in any of the prior five decades.”
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A quarter of those units were affordable, Schuler said. Since 2000, she said, Boston’s housing stock has grown by 8.2 percent.
In total, the authority is currently working with 23 developers across 12 of the city’s neighborhoods.
What’s going on in your neighborhood?
Project
Neighborhood
Units
#
Street
Developer
9-23 Griggs Street
Allston/Brighton
96
9-23
Griggs Street
Leggat McCall Properties/Legend Grp
Charlesview Redevelopment
Allston/Brighton
340
355-400
Western Avenue
The Community Builders
Exeter Residences
Back Bay
188
Exeter Street
Avalon Bay Communities
4-6 Newbury Street
Back Bay
6
4-6
Newbury Street
Centremark Properties
Simpson Parcel 1 AKA The Victor
Beacon Hill/West End
284
Causeway
Simpson Housing Limited Partnership
CANA Parcel 3
Charlestown
17
Warren Street
Warren Green LLC
Hong Lok House (Chinatown)
Chinatown
61
11-31
Essex Street
Rogerson Communities
Kensington Place - Hinge Block
Downtown
395
659-679
Washington Street
Kensington Investment Company, Inc.
Hayward Place
Downtown
188
580
Washington Street
Millennium Partners-Boston
Heritage Development Capital Improvements
East Boston
294
209
Sumner Street
Boston Housing Authority
Jackson Square Redevelopment - Phase 1
Jamaica Plain
103
225
Centre Street
The Community Builders, Inc
Olmsted Green Phase III
Mattapan
109
Morton Street
New Boston Development Partners LLC
Mattapan Heights Five Chapter 121A Project
Mattapan
60
249
River Street
Trinity Financial
Kasanof Bakery - 233 Blue Hill Ave
Roxbury
48
233
Blue Hill Avenue
Nuestra Comunidad
49-63 Melcher Street
South Boston
60
49/51/63
Melcher Street
Archon/Gerding Edlen/Synergy
Eleven West Broadway
South Boston
50
11
West Broadway Street
Eleven West, LLC
319 A Street Rear
South Boston
202
319-321
A Street Rear
Gerding Edlen Development
360 West Second Street
South Boston
19
360
West Second Street
Joseph Taylor
3 Dorchester Street - Phase II
South Boston
22
3
Dorchester Street
Trocadero Development, LLC.
5-10 St. George Street
South End
33
5-10
St. George Street
Peter Zagorianakos
Castle Square
South End
500
388
Tremont Street
Winn Development
100 Arlington Street
South End/Bay Village
128
100
Arlington Street
The Congress Group
Ridgecrest Village Apartments
West Roxbury
48
110
Edgemere Road
Chestnut Hill Realty
450 Belgrade Avenue
West Roxbury
39
450
Belgrade Avenue
Mike Barsamian
Cheriton Heights Senior Housing
West Roxbury
70
20
Cheriton Road
The Community Builders
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