City Realty

17-story apartment building approved for Allston's GAP; half its lot will be saved for use by MBTA's proposed West Station

By adamg - 9/13/23 - 9:29 am

Rendering of proposed Ashford Street building

Rendering by Embarc.

The Zoning Board of Appeal yesterday approved City Realty's proposal for a 17-story, 254-unit apartment building at Ashford and Malvern streets in Allston. Read more.

No Little Houses on the Prairie with too-small units in Allston, board decides

By adamg - 2/25/20 - 10:23 am

The Zoning Board of Appeal today rejected a proposal to turn a one-family house at 13 Greylock Rd. in Allston into a five-unit building after one member noticed that plans showed two proposed units were smaller than allowed by city building guidelines - and residents complained the house is already a neighborhood trash generator with just one family in it. Read more.

Long vacant single-family house to be replaced with apartments on Mansfield Street in Allston

By adamg - 12/3/18 - 12:50 pm

The Zoning Board of Appeals last week approved a proposal by City Realty to replace the unoccupied house at 9 Mansfield St. in Allston with a five-unit apartment building with six parking spaces in the rear. Read more.

Developer proposes major redo of key Allston intersection; say farewell to the Mr. Butch mural

By adamg - 6/27/18 - 11:38 am

Proposed replacement for Jack Young on Cambridge Street

Architect's rendering of Jack Young replacement.

UPDATE: City Realty says the murals in Allston Hall can be moved and that it's talking to Allston Main Streets about how to relocate them.

City Realty wants to replace a series of buildings around the intersection of Harvard Avenue and Cambridge Street with five new buildings and a gut rehab of a sixth that would include a total of 334 apartments and condos as well as new first-floor retail space. Read more.

City councilor, neighborhood group jaw down rent increases for six Egleston Square businesses

By adamg - 10/23/14 - 3:41 pm

Jamaica Plain News reports City Councilor Matt O'Malley and the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corp. convinced City Realty to reduce the rent increases in an Egleston Square building that would have forced six Latino-owned businesses out of the square.