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A sampling of homes purchased in Jamaica Plain this past week.
Properties highlighted sold in Jamaica Plain in the last week. Flip through the photo gallery to see if you have new neighbors (and how much they paid!) Realtors: Add your photos of recently sold homes to this gallery! It's easy—just sign into your Jamaica Plain Patch account (or sign into JP Patch using your Facebook account). Click the "Upload Photos & Videos" button below the photos and follow the directions. The property's address, sale price, listing agent and other details can be included in the photo's caption.
The city Zoning Board of Appeal approved the plan to raze the former site of the Home for Little Wanderers to clear the way for rental apartments.
The former Home for Little Wanderers property will be torn down due to a ruling by a city board. The Boston Zoning Board of Appeal approved the project Tuesday morning, which will bring a new building of rental apartments to 161 So. Huntington Ave. Boston Residential Group will build a development at the site that will contain 196 one, two and three-bedroom rental units – 33 of which will be designated affordable housing, according to a statement from Bishoff Communications on behalf of BRG. “It will also enable The Home for Little Wanderers to exit the property, pay for its new residential program in Walpole, and sustain the organization’s future,” the statement says. Additionally the site will generate property taxes for the first time …
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Rich P
3:47 pm on Friday, November 16, 2012
I will add that I think it is power grab for JP to claim this stretch of s hunting for their own, when is clearly Mission Hill. I think it is patronizing for JPers to imply that Mission Hill cannot speak for itself, and take the microphone from them. I think this is 90% Mission Hill's domain and I for one, look forward to hearing what their "man in the street" has to say.   more ›