Addison Street

Condo proposal caught between old and new zoning wins approval on Addison Street in East Boston

By adamg - 3/12/24 - 10:32 pm

Rendering by Zephyr Architects.

In an unusual move, the Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a 20-unit apartment building at 141 Addison St. in East Boston even though the BPDA has yet to sign off on the project. Read more.

Pedestrian hit and killed on McClellan Highway in East Boston

By adamg - 1/27/24 - 9:31 pm

At the intersection of McClellan and Addison Street shortly after 5 p.m., NBC Boston reports, adding the driver stayed at the scene.

Condos could replace small warehouse on Addison Street in East Boston

By adamg - 9/13/23 - 2:03 pm

Rendering on one of those weird sunshower days by Zephyr Architects.

A developer who's built in East Boston before has filed plans for a four-story, 20-unit condo building to replace the current warehouse and parking lot at 141 Addison St., off Saratoga Street, in East Boston. Read more.

Units in nearly finished East Boston building can't be sold as condos after board rejects proposal to convert use from executive suites to residential

By adamg - 6/29/21 - 11:27 am

Note: Because the reporter misunderstood what happened, the story has been corrected to reflect that the building can be occupied - as executive suites.

The Zoning Board of Appeal today rejected a developer's proposal to change the classification of an essentially completed nine-unit building at 119 Addison St. in East Boston from executive suites to condos, which means the developer can rent the units out to Boston visitors, but not sell them as condos. Read more.

Apparently like life in Jurassic Park, short-term rentals in Boston will find a way

By adamg - 2/25/20 - 4:27 pm

A city ordinance that makes it harder for people to turn apartments into short-term rentals means investors who want to profit from visitors are looking for new ways to get around the measure. Read more.

Proposed East Boston development would be built to resist flooding and storm surges - because it sits in a floodplain

By adamg - 1/22/18 - 1:21 pm

Architect's rendering.

A New York developer has filed formal plans for 270 residential units in two buildings off Addison Street in East Boston that look more like office or hotel buildings than the sort of five-story developments we've become accustomed to, on a site that will feature plantings and building designs able to withstand the periodic flooding and storm surges that come from being in a flood plain. Read more

Developers propose replacing rental-car lot with 300 residential units in East Boston

By adamg - 7/29/17 - 11:00 am

Two development companies this week signaled their intentions to replace an Avis parking lot off McClellan Highway and Addison Street with two residential buildings. Read more.