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Dorchester Development News: 115 – 121 Boston Street – Approved by ZBA
One step closer to this large-scale development is a reality for Boston Street, including two buildings, six stories, and 90 teeny-tiny apartments! Universal Hub is [...]
City of Boston Announces Phase Two of Welcome Home – new home ownership opportunities in the neighborhood
Six new development teams will create approximately 70 new homeownership opportunities on 15 City-owned parcels in Dorchester and Mattapan BOSTON - Wednesday, June 12, 2024 [...]
Be informed. Get involved – Morrissey Blvd. Commission Meeting on Thursday
It’s a tale as old as time. If it’s raining, or a high tide, or a coastal storm, you avoid Morrissey Boulevard. Why, you ask. [...]
Brace Yourself, Boston – the Median Price for a Single-Family Home is $910,000
It looks like the price of homes, in particular, single families, is on the rise in Greater Boston. According to the Greater Boston Association of [...]
Affordable Housing Coming to Dot: 88 Geneva Ave.
via Boston Planning and Development Agency 88 Geneva Avenue project to bring 36 homeownership units with green roof to Dorchester Live: 36 homeownership units, six income-restricted Work: [...]
ZBA Defers Vote On St. Matthew Convent Development in Dorchester
Dorchester Development News In order to give neighbors and the developer more time to come to an agreement, the Zoning Board of Appeal deferred a [...]
Mayor Wu Announces Update on Welcome Home, Boston – Bolstering Affordable Homeownership Opportunities
First developers selected to create new homes on City-owned parcels for Welcome Home, Boston Boston – Thursday, October 19, 2023 – Mayor Michelle Wu today [...]
BPDA Square + Streets Pop-Ups
Be informed. This fall, Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) staff are launching Squares + Streets, a citywide planning initiative. Squares + Streets will focus [...]
Lambert’s Rainbow Market stores have officially sold.
Big News! Back in January, it was reported that the Morrissey Blvd shopping center, which includes Lambert’s Rainbow Market and the Puritan Plaza shopping center, [...]
Mammoth Dorchester Bay City Gets Approval from BPDA
UPDATE: According to the Boston Globe, the $5 billion, 21-building Dorchester Bay City project won approval from the Boston Planning and Development Agency on Thursday. [...]
Dorchester Development News: An extra floor is approved for 734-742 Dudley Street
Universal Hub is reporting that the Zoning Board of Appeal (ZBA) approved a sixth floor for a five-story building at 734-742 Dudley St. The building [...]
BPDA Approves Plans to convert Old Comfort Inn into Residences for Formerly Homeless
The Dorchester Reporter reports that on Thursday, the Boston Planning and Development Agency unanimously approved the plans to convert 900 Morrissey Blvd. into residences for [...]
Boston Planning & Development Agency announces opportunity for community benefits from Dot Block development
More than $350,000 available for local nonprofits BOSTON - Thursday, April 27, 2023 - The Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) today announced that nonprofits [...]
DCR would like to tear down an old building in Port Norfolk – neighbors say, not so fast.
The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) would like to tear down a vacant brick building located at 98 Taylor Street - once home to [...]
BPDA Community Meeting – 900 Morrissey Blvd.
Be informed. Get involved. The BPDA is hosting a Public Meeting for the 900 Morrissey Boulevard project located in Dorchester. The purpose of the meeting is to [...]
End of an Era: Bayside Expo Center
On Tuesday, the (somewhat) iconic sign at the old Bayside Expo Center was removed to usher in a new era for that plot of land [...]
