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Four-story residential building could replace former 7-Eleven in Fields Corner
By adamg on Thu, 05/04/2023 - 9:37am
Rendering by RODE Architects.
The owner of 1420 Dorchester Ave. in Dorchester, until recently home to a 7-Eleven, has filed plans with the BPDA to build a four-story, 41-unit residential building with 33 underground parking spaces and a tree.
Plans by David Gordon, whose City North Development owns the nearly half-acre lot, show a split between one- and two-bedroom units. The plans do not specify if they will be rented as apartments or sold as condos.
The building will have ground-floor retail space. Just three weeks ago, City North said the space vacated by that chain would be filled by a Richdale convenience store. The plans call for the new commercial space, of roughly 2,000 square feet, to be filled by a market.
In addition to planting a tree, the proposal calls for a small plaza in which "to host public art installations." Also:
In designing the building, great care was given to respecting the area’s distinct conditions and location along Dorchester Avenue within the vibrant Fields Corner neighborhood. As a result, the Proposed Project has been designed and scaled to fit into the commercial streetscape, surrounding residential fabric, and bustling intersection of Dorchester Avenue and Adams Street. The building will offer a contemporary aesthetic appropriate in massing and design to the surrounding neighborhood context.
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Comments
Should be taller.
Where's Mayor Wu's commitment to building more housing?
Commitment To More Housing - It's Right There
41 units of housing on a site which has been commercial since the 1930's.
See the proposal? See it? It's right there. Adam posted it above.
That's 41 more units of housing where there has been none for nearly a century. There is new construction underway under along all of Dot Ave, Washington Street, and Morrissey Boulevard. There's the commitment. Perhaps you just can't see it.
Someone is actually proposing to build something despite a higher interest rate environment and still high construction costs coupled with a lot of approved projects in the pipeline.
All you can do is whine about it. Get real or at least take a course in economics.
not disagreeing, this is progress.
However, this is good candidate for more floors. It looks like brick so it could take the weight. There isn't a view to block. Between this sight and the bay there are already many obstructions. West accross the street are shops. The closest housingto the west on Adams St is elevated by the meeting house hill. Most of the neighbors are comercial.
Great to see
RODE has progressed from square boxes to curved boxes.